Etymology : Middle English jointe, from Old French, from joindre
Pronunciation : joint
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, charitable Jewish American organization whose purpose is to aid Jews in distress overseas. connection; point of connection; large section of meat; marijuana cigarette (Slang); shabby bar or nightclub (Slang); establishment (Slang); part of a stem from which a leaf or branch grows; connection between two bones (Anatomy). connect at a joint; be connected at a joint; create with joints; cut at a joint (as of meat). shared, common, mutual, collective. joint\joint\ , a. [f., p. p. of joindre. see:
join.].
2. joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
3. involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. i read this joint effusion twice over. hook.
4. united, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. "joint tenants of the world.".
5. shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. a joint burden laid upon us all.joint committee (parliamentary practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. ushing.joint meeting, orjoint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a state legislature to chose a united states senator. "such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." --joint rules of congress, u. s.joint resolution (parliamentary practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. "by the constitution of the united states and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions." --barclay (digest).joint rule (parliamentary practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. "resolved, by the house of representatives (the senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." --journal h. of r., u. s.joint and several (law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually.joint stock, stock held in company.
6. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
7. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint.
8. See Articulation.
9. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
10. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
11. A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
12. The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
13. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
14. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
15. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
16. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
17. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
18. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
19. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
20. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
21. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
22. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
23. A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall.
24. A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting.
25. A place of low resort, as for smoking opium. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking junction by which parts or objects are joined together a disreputable place of entertainment the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton separate at the joint fasten with a joint provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly" involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress" united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership" To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
26. A place of low resort, as for smoking opium.
27. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
28. One who, or that which, joints.
29. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joi.
30. 1. Joint means shared by or belonging to two or more people. She and Frank had never gotten around to opening a joint account + jointly joint·ly The Port Authority is an agency jointly run by New York and New Jersey.
31. A joint is a part of your body such as your elbow or knee where two bones meet and are able to move together. Her joints ache if she exercises.
32. A joint is the place where two things are fastened or fixed together. see also:
dovetail joint.
33. A joint is a fairly large piece of meat which is suitable for roasting. He carved the joint of beef.
34. You can refer to a cheap place where people go for some form of entertainment as a joint. a hamburger joint.
35. A joint is a cigarette which contains cannabis or marijuana.
36. If something puts someone's nose out of joint, it upsets or offends them because it makes them feel less important or less valued. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication. In geology, a brittle fracture surface in rocks along which little or no displacement has occurred. Present in nearly all surface rocks, joints extend in various directions, generally more vertical than horizontal. Joints may have smooth, clean surfaces, or they may be scarred by slickensides, or striations. Jointing does not extend very far into the Earth's crust, because at about 7.5 mi (12 km) even rigid rocks tend to flow plastically in response to stress. Structure connecting two or more bones. Most joints, including synovial (fluid-containing) joints and those between vertebrae, which incorporate a disk, can move. Immovable joints include the sutures of the skull (see:
fontanel). Ligaments connect the bones of a joint, but muscles keep them in place. Joint disorders include various forms of arthritis, injuries (e.g., sprains, fractures, and dislocations), congenital disorders, and vitamin deficiencies. Joint Photographic Experts Group degenerative joint disease joints and joinery.
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