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joint (jo̵int)

noun

  1. a place or part where two things or parts are joined
  2. the way in which two things are joined at such a part
  3. one of the parts or sections of a jointed whole
  4. a large cut of meat with the bone still in it, as for a roast
  5. ☆ Slang
    1. a cheap bar, nightclub, etc.
    2. any house, building, etc.
    3. a prison
  6. ☆ Slang a marijuana cigarette
  7. Anat.
    1. a place or part where two bones or corresponding structures are joined, usually so that they can move
    2. the way in which they are joined
  8. Bot. a point where a branch or leaf grows out of the stem
  9. Geol. a fracture in a rock mass, along which displacement has not occurred

Etymology: OFr < L junctus, pp. of jungere, to join, yoke

adjective

  1. joined as to time; concurrent
  2. common to two or more persons, governments, etc. as to ownership or action a joint declaration, joint property
  3. sharing with someone else a joint owner

Etymology: OFr joint, jointe, pp. of joindre: see join

transitive verb

  1. to connect by a joint or joints
  2. to give a joint or joints to
  3. to prepare (a board or stave) for joining to another
  4. to cut (meat) into joints; separate at the joints
joint Idioms

out of joint

  1. not in place at the joint; dislocated
  2. disordered or disorganized
  3. inappropriate

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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joint Synonyms

joint

modif.

common, shared, mutual; see collective, common 5.


joint

n.

  1. A juncture

    union, crux, nexus, articulation, coupling, hinge, tie, swivel, link, connection, interconnection, junction, point of union, bond, splice, vinculum, bend, copula, hyphen, bracket, tangency, bridge, conjuncture, impingement, confluence, joining structure, linking device, combining process, association; see also link.

  2. A section

    piece, member, unit, digit, portion, division, block, step, chink, sector, fragment, segment, limb, bone, lobe, cell, offshoot, constituent, slab, chunk; see also part 1, piece 1.

  3. *An establishment, particularly one providing entertainment

    hangout*, dump*, hole in the wall*; see dive 2.

  4. *A marijuana cigarette

    reefer*, stick*, roach*; see marijuana.

out of joint

dislocated, disorganized, disjointed, wrong; see disordered.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

joint Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • inflame: Some people with psoriasis also have associated arthritis ( inflamed joints ), which can range from being very mild to severe.

Adjective modifier

  • swollen: That's a long, long time to have swollen joints!

Modifies a noun

  • venture: The deal involved creating three Jersey unit trust companies, of which two are joint ventures with HSBC Pension Trust.

Noun used with modifier

  • knee: Left snap kick a target of opportunity ( groin, far knee joint ).
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joint quotes

Truth indeed came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on: but†a wicked race of deceivers†took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely formintoathousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled bodyof Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them.We have not yet found them all†nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.

-Milton,John

   For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil.

-Milton,John

The time was out of joint, and he was only too delighted to have been born to set it right.

-Strachey, (Giles) Lytton

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