Meaning of joint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
2. outfit
3. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
4. group
5. 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.
6. squad
7. The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
8. set
9. 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.
10. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
11. A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
12. 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).
    US, slang
13. A place of resort for tramps.
    US, dated, slang
14. An opium den.
    US, dated, slang
15. Prison, jail, or lockup.
    US, slang
16. A marijuana cigarette.
    slang
17. A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
    dated, slang
18. The penis.
    US, slang
19. A thing.

Equivalents

Examples

“This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.”

“The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.”

“The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.”

“Near-synonym: roast”

“Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.”

“a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg”

“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.”

“Now you're gonna put me right back in the joint.”

“I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.”

“After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.”

“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), […]”

“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.”

“a Spike Lee joint”

“Compare: jawn”

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