joint
10 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
joints
plural
joints
Britannica Dictionary definition of JOINT
1
[count]
a
:
a point where two bones meet in the body
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the elbow/knee/shoulder joint
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She's been having pain in her muscles and joints.
b
:
a place where two things or parts are joined
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seal the joints of the pipes
2
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informal
a
:
a particular place
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People were running all over the joint. [=everywhere]
b
:
a cheap bar or club
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I can't believe we came to a (cheap) joint like this.
c
:
an informal restaurant
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a hamburger/pizza joint
3
[count]
informal
:
a marijuana cigarette
4
5
[count]
chiefly British
:
a large piece of meat for roasting
out of joint
1
of a bone
:
not in the correct position
:
out of its socket
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His shoulder kept slipping out of joint.
2
informal
:
not in agreement or order
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My schedule has gotten a little out of joint [=disorganized] in the past few weeks.
3
informal
◊ If you have your nose out of joint, you are angry or annoyed.
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We had to wait a while, but that wasn't any reason for him to get his nose out of joint.
stink up the joint
US, informal
:
to perform or play very badly
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This year the team is really stinking up the joint.
2
joint
/ˈʤoɪnt/
adjective
2
joint
/ˈʤoɪnt/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of JOINT
always used before a noun
1
:
combining the work of two or more people or groups of people
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It took a joint [=united] effort to get the job done.
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a joint session of (both houses of) Congress
2
:
done by or involving two or more people
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a joint venture
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joint research
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filing a joint tax return
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They had a joint account at the bank.
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divorced parents who have joint custody of their child
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(Brit) They came in joint third. [=they both finished in third place]
3
:
doing something together
— jointly
adverb-
a study conducted jointly by scientists in two countries
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jointly owned property
