joint
English
Etymology
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The noun is from Middle English joint (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.
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Adjective
joint (not comparable)
- Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
- The play was a joint production between the two companies.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- A joint burden laid upon us all.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:joint
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Noun
joint (plural joints)
- 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.
- The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
- (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- 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.
- A cut of meat.
- Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
- 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
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (chiefly US slang, 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, p. 335:
- "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
- (slang, with the definite article) Prison.
- I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
- (slang, dated) A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
- 1954, Listen (volumes 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), […]
- 1954, Listen (volumes 7-10, page 131)
- (US, slang) The penis.[1]
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York: New American Library, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 205,[1]
- 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, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “Cunt Crazy,” p. 158,[2]
- 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 . . .
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York: New American Library, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 205,[1]
Synonyms
- (marijuana cigarette): See Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
- (penis): See Thesaurus:penis
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Verb
joint (third-person singular simple present joints, present participle jointing, simple past and past participle jointed)
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- to joint boards
- a jointing plane
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 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)[3]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- But soon that war had end, and the time's state
Made friends of them, jointing their force 'gainst Caesar
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- (Can we date this quote by Ray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The fingers are jointed together for motion.
- (Can we date this quote by Ray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- the stones joint, neatly.
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References
- “joint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American and Unconventional English, New York: Routledge, 2009, p. 574.
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
joint m (plural joints, diminutive jointje n)
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
joint (feminine jointe, masculine plural joints, feminine plural jointes)
Etymology 2
From the past participle of the verb joindre, or from Latin iūnctus.
Noun
joint m (plural joints)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
joint m (plural joints)
Further reading
- “joint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Past participle of joindre, corresponding to Latin iūnctus.
Noun
joint oblique singular, m (oblique plural joinz or jointz, nominative singular joinz or jointz, nominative plural joint)
- join; place where two elements are joined together
Verb
joint
Romanian
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Pronunciation
Noun
joint n (plural jointuri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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
Pronunciation
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Audio (joint eller joint): (file)
Noun
joint c
- a joint, a marijuana cigarette
Declension
Declension of joint | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | joint | jointen | jointar | jointarna |
Genitive | joints | jointens | jointars | jointarnas |
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