joint

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɪnt/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Adjective[edit]

joint (not comparable)

  1. Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
    The play was a joint production between the two companies.
    Synonyms: mutual, shared

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

A constant-velocity joint

joint (plural joints)

  1. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
    This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
    Synonyms: hinge, pivot
  2. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
    The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
  3. (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
  4. The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
    The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
  6. 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.
    Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
  7. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
    a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
  8. (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
  9. (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries.
    It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
    • 1996, Deirdre Purcell, Roses After Rain, page 335:
      "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
    • 2021 August 18, Cobaj, Lee, “Best things to do in Hong Kong”, in The Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-25‎[2]:
      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.
    1. (slang, dated) A place of resort for tramps.
    2. (slang, US, dated) An opium den.
  10. (slang, with the definite article) Prison.
    I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
  11. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
  12. (slang, dated) A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
    • 1954, Listen, volume 7-10, page 131:
      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), […]
  13. (US, slang) The penis.[1]
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:
      Inez called up Camille on the phone repeatedly and had long talks with her; they even talked about his joint, or so Dean claimed.
    • 1969, Philip Roth, “Cunt Crazy”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎[3], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 158:
      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 . . .
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
  14. (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
    a Spike Lee joint
    Compare: jawn

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

part of the body where bones join

Verb[edit]

joint (third-person singular simple present joints, present participle jointing, simple past and past participle jointed)

  1. (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
    to joint boards
    a jointing plane
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
    • 2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)‎[4]:
      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.
  2. (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  3. (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
      The fingers are […] jointed together for motion.
  4. (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
    • 1603, Plutarch, “[The Morals, or Miscellane Works of Plutarch. The Second Tome.] The Seventh Book. Of Symposiaques, or Banquet-Discourses.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 750:
      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: […]
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      He joints the neck.
  5. (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
    the stones joint, neatly.

Translations[edit]

to separate the joints — see disjoint

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American and Unconventional English, New York: Routledge, 2009, p. 574.

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English joint.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

joint (plural joints)

  1. (slang) joint, marijuana cigarette
    Synonyms: daggazol, zol

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English joint.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dʒɔi̯nt/, /dʒoːi̯nt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: joint

Noun[edit]

joint m (plural joints, diminutive jointje n)

  1. joint, marijuana cigarette (generally larger than a stickie)
    Synonyms: jonko, stickie, wietsigaret

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle[edit]

joint (feminine jointe, masculine plural joints, feminine plural jointes)

  1. past participle of joindre

Etymology 2[edit]

From the past participle of the verb joindre, or from Latin iūnctus.

Noun[edit]

joint m (plural joints)

  1. seal
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from English joint.

Noun[edit]

joint m (plural joints)

  1. (informal) joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)

Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Verb[edit]

joint m (feminine singular jointe, masculine plural joins, feminine plural jointes)

  1. past participle of joindre

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Past participle of joindre, corresponding to Latin iūnctus.

Noun[edit]

joint m (oblique plural joinz or jointz, nominative singular joinz or jointz, nominative plural joint)

  1. join; place where two elements are joined together

Verb[edit]

joint

  1. past participle of joindre

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English joint, from Middle English joynt, from Old French joint.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

joint m inan

  1. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)
    Synonyms: blant, skręt

Declension[edit]

Declension of joint
singular plural
nominative joint jointy
genitive jointa jointów
dative jointowi jointom
accusative joint/jointa jointy
instrumental jointem jointami
locative joincie jointach
vocative joincie jointy

Further reading[edit]

  • joint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • joint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English joint.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

joint n (plural jointuri)

  1. joint (bar)
  2. joint (marijuana cigarette)
    Hai să fumăm un joint. ― Let's smoke a joint.

Declension[edit]

Declension of joint
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) joint jointul (niște) jointuri jointurile
genitive/dative (unui) joint jointului (unor) jointuri jointurilor
vocative jointule jointurilor

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

joint c

  1. a joint, a marijuana cigarette

Declension[edit]

Declension of joint 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative joint jointen jointar jointarna
Genitive joints jointens jointars jointarnas
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