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joint

Definition

  • noun: a point where two bones meet in the body
  • noun: the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it
  • verb: to separate the 'joints' of (as meat)
  • adjective: combining the work of two or more people or groups of people
  • adjective: common to two or more
  • used especially of small grains
  • synonyms: junction, prison, joined

Examples

  • We had to wait a while, but that wasn't any reason for him to get his 'nose out of joint'.

  • My schedule has gotten a little 'out of joint' [='disorganized'] in the past few weeks.

  • ('Brit') They came in 'joint' third. [=they both finished in third place]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) double does not obey h i s will- only m i n e!" "Who is the living food for the machines in Metropolis-?!" "Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood-?!" "Who feeds the machines with their own flesh--?!" "Let the machines starve, you fools-! Let them die-!!" (..)
    1927 Metropolis