joint
pronunciation
How to pronounce joint in British English:
UK [dʒɔɪnt]
How to pronounce joint in American English:
US [dʒɔɪnt]
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- Noun:
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation allows motion)
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
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- Verb:
- fit as if by joints
- provide with a joint
- fasten with a joint
- separate (meat) at the joint
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- Adjective:
- united or combined
- affecting or involving two or more
- involving both houses of a legislature
Word Origin
- joint (n.)
- late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from Old French joint "joint of the body" (12c.), from Latin iunctus "united, connected, associated," past participle of iungere "join" (see jugular). Related: Joints. Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (especially one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, American English, from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den." Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is attested from 1953 but probably is older. Out of joint in the figurative sense is from early 15c. (literally, of bone displacement, late 14c.).
- joint (adj.)
- early 15c., "united," from Old French jointiz (adj.) and joint, literally "joined," past participle of joindre (see join (v.)).
Synonym
consentaneous cooperative combined collective shared unanimous coordinate coordinated consentient coactive federal concordant concerted mutual synergistic common union synergetic cooperating conjunctive league corporative concurrent
joined united combined allied unified conjoint incorporated tied linked conjunct leagued merged federated coupled amalgamated bound collaborative associated confederated consolidated
Example
- 1. An alternative model envisages the issuing of joint eurobonds .
- 2. Mr page and mr brin rank joint 26th .
- 3. There 's even a capsaicin patch for joint pain .
- 4. Numerous vertical joint planes controlled where and how fast erosion took place .
- 5. To stop the run on sovereigns , there should be some kind of joint eurobonds partly to mutualise debt .