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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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