joint
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
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. Displaced Old English fōg and partially displaced English lith.
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.
Inflected forms:
form: joints
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: joints
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jointing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jointed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jointed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: United, combined
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the joint influences of culture and climate
gloss: Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The play was a joint production between the two companies.
A joint burden laid upon us all.
gloss: The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
pos: noun
examples: This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
gloss: The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
pos: noun
examples: The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
pos: noun
examples: The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: roast
Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
gloss: The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
pos: noun
examples: a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
gloss: A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
pos: noun
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
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.
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.
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: US
dated
slang
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: US
dated
slang
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Now you're gonna put me right back in the joint.
I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
gloss: A marijuana cigarette.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
gloss: A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
examples: 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), […]
gloss: The penis.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Inez called up Camille on the phone repeatedly and had long talks with her; they even talked about his joint, or so Dean claimed.
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 . . .
"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.
gloss: A thing.
pos: noun
examples: a Spike Lee joint
Compare: jawn
gloss: To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to joint boards
a jointing plane
Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.
gloss: To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But soon that war had end, and the time's state
Made friends of them, jointing their force 'gainst Caesar
gloss: To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The fingers are […]jointed together for motion.
gloss: To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
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.
gloss: To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: the stones joint, neatly.
Synonyms: collective
common
corporate
joint
mutual
shared
united
Antonyms: insular
separate
sole
Derived words: ball joint
hip joint arthrosis
hip joint disease
joint account
joint and several
joint committee
joint communiqué
joint custody
joint encoding
joint entropy
joint family
joint household
joint investigation team
joint life
joint line
joint operations
joint probability
joint stereo
joint-stock bank
joint-stock company
joint tenancy
joint tenant
joint venture
joint will
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
pizza joint
rejoint
stink the joint out
subjoint
turning joint
unjoint
upper joint
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: nye
lang: Bulgarian
word: съединение
roman: sǎedinenie
lang: Catalan
word: juntura
lang: Estonian
word: liide
lang: Finnish
word: liitos
lang: Finnish
word: liitoskohta
lang: French
word: jointure
lang: Galician
word: xunta
lang: Georgian
word: შეერთების ადგილი
roman: šeertebis adgili
lang: German
word: Verbindung
lang: German
word: Verbindungsstück
lang: German
word: Verbindungselement
lang: German
word: Verbinder
lang: German
word: Knoten
lang: Greek
word: ένωση
roman: énosi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἁρμός
roman: harmós
lang: Irish
word: siúnta
lang: Macedonian
word: соедину́вање
roman: soedinúvanje
lang: Macedonian
word: спој
roman: spoj
lang: Manx
word: glioon
lang: Manx
word: collagh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sammenføyning
lang: Portuguese
word: junta
lang: Russian
word: соедине́ние
roman: sojedinénije
lang: Russian
word: стык
roman: styk
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: glùn
lang: Spanish
word: juntura
lang: Swedish
word: fog
lang: Swedish
word: skarv
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بوغوم
roman: boğum
lang: Ukrainian
word: з'є́днання
roman: zʺjédnannja
lang: Dutch
word: verbinding
lang: Esperanto
word: junto
lang: French
word: assemblage
lang: German
word: Holzverbindung
lang: German
word: Überblattung
lang: German
word: Verzinkung
lang: German
word: Verbindungsplatte
lang: Greek
word: αρμός
roman: armós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἁρμογή
roman: harmogḗ
lang: Manx
word: olt
lang: Manx
word: junt
lang: Polish
word: złącze
lang: Spanish
word: junta
lang: Spanish
word: empalme
lang: Catalan
word: cau
lang: Dutch
word: zaak
lang: Finnish
word: mesta
lang: Finnish
word: baari
lang: Finnish
word: lafka
lang: French
word: boui-boui
lang: French
word: resto
lang: Georgian
word: დაწესებულება
roman: dac̣esebuleba
lang: Georgian
word: სახლი
roman: saxli
lang: German
word: Schuppen
lang: German
word: Laden
lang: German
word: Spelunke
lang: German
word: Bude
lang: Russian
word: заведе́ние
roman: zavedénije
lang: Russian
word: каба́к
roman: kabák
lang: Russian
word: дом
roman: dom
lang: Spanish
word: boliche
lang: Swedish
word: hak
lang: Swedish
word: sunkhak
lang: Swedish
word: sylta
lang: Swedish
word: ställe