Groin definition
The front part of the area of your body on which you wear underwear is an example of your groin.
He pulled a muscle in his groin.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
She groined him and ran to the car.
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Origin of groin
- Alteration (influenced by loin) of Middle English grinde perhaps from Old English grynde abyss, hollow
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
From Wiktionary
- French grogner (“to grunt, grumble”).
From Wiktionary