joint
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.Synonyms: arthrosis, articulation
2. (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
3. (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).Examples: "It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in."; ""...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose.""; "For a minute I stayed away from real crowded places like Big Ben's and even the new Ruthless spot, but I hung out in a few smaller Harlem joints when I wasn't running and lifting weights and getting ready for training camp."Synonyms: jawn#Etymology_2, shebang#English:_place_or_buildingUSslang
4. (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).Synonyms: jawn#Etymology_2, shebang#English:_place_or_buildingUSdatedslang
5. (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).Synonyms: jawn#Etymology_2, shebang#English:_place_or_buildingUSdatedslang
6. (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).Examples: "Now you're gonna put me right back in the joint."; "I'm just trying to stay out of the joint."Synonyms: jawn#Etymology_2, shebang#English:_place_or_buildingUSslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit togetherExamples: "to joint boards"; "a jointing plane"; "Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood."transitive
2. (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.Examples: "But soon that war had end, and the time's state Made friends of them, jointing their force 'gainst Caesar"transitive
3. (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.Examples: "The fingers are […]jointed together for motion."transitive
4. (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.Examples: "Another time alſo being minded to entertain king Priamus friendly, when he came unto his pavilion: / He then beſtir'd himſelfe, and caught up ſoone, / A good white ſheepe, whoſe throat he cut anon. / but about cutting it up, quartering, jointing, ſeething, and roſting, he ſpent a great part of the night: […]"; "He joints the neck."transitive
5. (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.Examples: "the stones joint, neatly."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary