joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Forms: form: joints
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English joynt (attested since the late 13th century), from Old French joint (“joint of the body”) (attested since the 12th century). The adjective (attested since the 15th century) is from Old French jointiz. Both Old French words are from Latin iūnctus, the past participle of iungō. See also join, jugular, junction.
The meaning of "building, establishment", especially in connection with shady activities, appeared in Anglo-Irish by 1821 and entered general American English slang by 1877, especially in the sense of "opium den". The sense "marijuana cigarette" is attested since 1935. The development to meaning "any thing" also happened to the Scots and Memphian form junt and the Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphian form jawn.
Senses: examples: text: This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
synonyms: hinge
pivot
glosses: The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
examples: text: The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
glosses: The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: arthrosis
articulation
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
glosses: The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
examples: text: Near-synonym: roast
text: Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
hypernyms: cut#Noun
coordinate_terms: steak#Noun
filet#Noun
glosses: A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
examples: text: a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
glosses: The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
examples: text: It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
text: "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
ref: 1996, Deirdre Purcell, Roses After Rain, page 335:
text: 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.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints.
ref: 2021 August 18, Lee Cobaj, “Best things to do in Hong Kong”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021:
synonyms: word: jawn#Etymology_2
word: shebang#English:_place_or_building
qualifier: may be somewhat derogatory
glosses: 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: word: jawn#Etymology_2
word: shebang#English:_place_or_building
qualifier: may be somewhat derogatory
glosses: 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).
A place of resort for tramps.
synonyms: word: jawn#Etymology_2
word: shebang#English:_place_or_building
qualifier: may be somewhat derogatory
glosses: 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).
An opium den.
examples: text: Now you're gonna put me right back in the joint.
ref: 1980 June 20, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, 25:19 from the start, in John Landis, director, The Blues Brothers (film), spoken by "Joliet" Jake Blue (John Belushi), Universal Pictures:
text: I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
synonyms: word: jawn#Etymology_2
word: shebang#English:_place_or_building
qualifier: may be somewhat derogatory
glosses: 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).
Prison, jail, or lockup.
raw_tags: with the definite article
examples: text: After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
synonyms: word: bifta
word: bifter
word: blunt
word: bogie
word: bomber
word: bone
word: bun
word: Camberwell carrot
word: doink
word: doinker
word: doob
word: doober
word: doobie
word: exotic cheroot
word: fatty
word: giggle stick
word: hogger
word: hooter
word: J
word: jazz cigarette
word: jay
word: jimmy
word: joint
word: juju
word: left-handed cigarette
word: muggle
word: number
word: phattie
word: reefer
word: roach
word: spiff
word: spliff
word: toke tube
word: torpedo
word: zol
word: zoot
glosses: A marijuana cigarette.
examples: text: Captain Jack McMahon, chief of Houston's police narcotics division, holds tools of the “junkie” trade, including “joints” (syringes), needles, heroin, milk sugar (used to cut pure heroin), spoons for heating a shot of heroin (mixed with water), […]
ref: 1954, Listen, volumes 7-10, page 131:
glosses: A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
examples: text: Inez called up Camille on the phone repeatedly and had long talks with her; they even talked about his joint, or so Dean claimed.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:
text: There I was, going down at last on the star of all those pornographic films that I had been producing in my head since I first laid a hand upon my own joint . . .
ref: 1969, Philip Roth, “Cunt Crazy”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 158:
text: "Good, then," I said, my joint about to skeet like a water pistol. I was surprised too. I was known for having supreme dick control, and I could usually last a lot longer than this.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 17:
synonyms: word: anaconda
word: baloney pony
word: bald-headed hermit
word: banana
word: birdie
word: bobby
word: boonga
word: cack
word: choad
word: choda
word: chode
word: chopper
word: cigar
word: cock
word: corey
word: crank
word: cucumber
word: custard launcher
word: D
word: dick
word: dicklet
word: diddle
word: diddly
word: dingaling
word: ding-a-ling
word: ding-dong
word: dinger
word: dingle
word: dingus
word: dingy
word: dink
word: dinkle
word: dipstick
word: dirk
word: disco stick
word: dog bone
word: dong
word: donger
word: Donkey Kong
word: doodle
word: dork
word: down
word: fire hose
word: fuckpole
word: gherkin
word: hairy canary
word: hammer
word: hog
word: hot dog
word: hot rod
word: hoo-hoo
word: hooter
word: it
word: jade stalk
word: jamoke
word: jigger
word: jimmy
word: jock
word: johnson
word: John Thomas
word: joint
word: Jonathan
word: joystick
word: kielbasa
word: knob
word: lad
word: langer
word: lingam
word: love muscle
word: love stick
word: love truncheon
word: love sausage
word: love wand
word: machine
word: magnum
word: Master John Goodfellow
word: male member
word: manhood
word: man-meat
word: meat
word: meat puppet
word: meat rod
word: meat scepter
word: meatstick
word: meat stick
word: member
word: membrum virile
word: nature's scythe
word: nob
word: old chap
word: old fellow
word: one-eyed trouser snake
word: organ
word: package
word: pecker
word: peen
word: pee-pee
word: pee-wee
word: pego
word: penis
word: Percy
word: peter
word: phallus
word: pickle
word: piece
word: piece of pork
word: pike
word: pillicock
word: pingas
word: pink cigar
word: pink oboe
word: pintle
word: pipe
word: pisser
word: piston
word: pizzle
word: plonker
word: pork sword
word: prick
word: pud
word: purple-headed yogurt slinger
word: putz
word: p-word
word: python
word: ramrod
word: rape tool
word: rod
word: root
word: rutter
word: salami
word: sausage
word: schlong
word: schmuck
word: sex tool
word: shaft
word: shlong
word: shmekl (qualifier
word: colloquial
word: Yiddish)
word: short arm
word: skin flute
word: snake
word: snausage
word: spitstick
word: stem
word: stretcher
word: sucker
word: swipe
word: tadger
word: tagger
word: tail
word: tallywhacker
word: tarse
word: thing
word: thingy
word: third leg
word: tic tac
word: todger
word: tool
word: trouser monkey
word: trouser snake
word: truncheon
word: tube steak
word: unit
word: virile member
word: wang
word: weapon
word: wee-wee
word: weenie
word: weeny
word: whang
word: wick
word: widgie
word: widdler
word: wiener
word: willie
word: willy
word: wingwang
word: winkle
word: winky
word: yard
word: ying-yang
glosses: The penis.
examples: text: a Spike Lee joint
text: Compare: jawn
glosses: A thing.
Hyponyms: acromioclavicular joint
amphiarthrosis
ball-and-socket joint
ball and socket joint
box joint
butt joint
cable joint
carpet joint
clipjoint
clip-joint
clip joint
cog joint
comb joint
constant-velocity joint
control joint
coursing joint
creep joint
cross-halving joint
CV joint
degenerative joint disease
diarthrosis
dovetail joint
dowel joint
drug joint
elbow joint
expansion joint
fibrous joint
finger joint
flat joint
flexible joint
gambling joint
gin joint
glenohumeral joint
gomphosis
grind joint
ground glass joint
head joint
hinge joint
hip joint
hop joint
hypural joint
jam joint
jook joint
juice joint
juke joint
knuckle joint
lap joint
Linderman joint
Lisfranc joint
living hinge
master joint
McIntire joint
miter joint
miter-joint
mitre-joint
mitre joint
mortise-and-tenon joint
neck joint
one-arm joint
peg-and-socket joint
pick-up joint
plane joint
rabbet joint
radiohumeral joint
rail joint
railjoint
rigid joint
rug joint
rule joint
rust joint
sacroiliac joint
saddle joint
sawdust joint
second joint
shackle joint
shoulder joint
SI joint
slipjoint
straight-joint
strip joint
suture
swivel joint
synarthrosis
temporomandibular joint
temporomandibular joint dysfunction
TM joint
toggle joint
U-joint
universal joint
water joint
Derived terms: abjoint
backjoint
balljoint
case the joint
fishjoint
groove-joint pliers
injoint
interjoint
jointage
joint aspiration
joint bar
jointed
jointfir
jointist
jointless
joint lock
jointly
joint mouse
jointness
joint oil
joint pine
joint snake
joint space
joint-stool
jointweed
jointworm
kneejoint
multijoint
nonjoint
nose out of joint
out of joint
rejoint
stink the joint out
subjoint
turning joint
unjoint
upper joint