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WIKTIONARY
joint
Adjective
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
Noun
  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
  • Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. anatomy
  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
  • A cut of meat.
  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
  • A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint. geology
  • A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries. chiefly US slang, somewhat pejorative
  • prison slang, with the definite article
  • A marijuana cigarette. slang
Verb
  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together transitive
  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. transitive
  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. transitive
  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. transitive
  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do. intransitive