Joint Definition

joint
joints
noun
joints
A place or part where two things or parts are joined.
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The way in which two things are joined at such a part.
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One of the parts or sections of a jointed whole.
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A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.
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A large cut of meat with the bone still in it, as for a roast.
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adjective
Joined as to time; concurrent.
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Common to two or more persons, governments, etc. as to ownership or action.
A joint declaration, joint property, joint custody.
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Sharing with someone else.
A joint owner.
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Formed or characterized by cooperation or united action.
Joint military maneuvers.
American Heritage
Involving both houses of a legislature.
A joint session of Congress.
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verb
joints
To connect by a joint or joints.
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To give a joint or joints to.
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To prepare (a board or stave) for joining to another.
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To cut (meat) into joints; separate at the joints.
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Synonyms:
idiom
out of joint
  • Dislocated, as a bone.
American Heritage
out of joint
  • not in place at the joint; dislocated
  • disordered or disorganized
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Joint

Noun

Singular:
joint
Plural:
joints

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Joint

Origin of Joint

  • The noun is from Middle English (attested since the late 13th century), from Old French joint (“joint of the body”) (attested since the 12th century). The adjective (attested since the 15th century) is from Old French jointiz. Both Old French words are from Latin iunctus, the past participle of iungo. See also join, jugular.

    From Wiktionary

  • The meaning of "building, establishment", especially in connection with shady activities, appeared in Anglo-Irish by 1821 and entered general American English slang by 1877, especially in the sense of "opium den". The sense "marijuana cigarette" is attested since 1935.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from past participle of joindre to join join

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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