joint

joint [joint]

n.

[OFr < L junctus, pp. of jungere, to join, YOKE]

1. a place or part where two things or parts are joined

2. the way in which two things are joined at such a part

3. one of the parts or sections of a jointed whole

4. a large cut of meat with the bone still in it, as for a roast

☆ 5. Slang

a) a cheap bar, nightclub, etc.

b) any house, building, etc.

c) a prison

☆ 6. Slang a marijuana cigarette

7. Anat.

a) a place or part where two bones or corresponding structures are joined, usually so that they can move

b) the way in which they are joined

8. Bot. a point where a branch or leaf grows out of the stem

9. Geol. a fracture in a rock mass, along which displacement has not occurred

adj.

[OFr joint, jointe, pp. of joindre: see JOIN]

1. joined as to time; concurrent

2. common to two or more persons, governments, etc. as to ownership or action [a joint declaration, joint property]

3. sharing with someone else [a joint owner]

vt.

1. to connect by a joint or joints

2. to give a joint or joints to

3. to prepare (a board or stave) for joining to another

4. to cut (meat) into joints; separate at the joints

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out of joint

1. not in place at the joint; dislocated

2. disordered or disorganized

3. inappropriate