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  1. noun A place or part at which two or more things are joined.
  2. noun A way in which two or more things are joined: a mortise-and-tenon joint; flexible joints.
  3. noun Anatomy A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
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  • “The only decent facility in the joint is the hospital, and you have to be dying to get in there.” The only decent facility in the day room was a pay telephone. —  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - FRANK ABAGNALE JR.
  • Young Jeezy - Done It This joint is a special bonus cut off the iTunes purchase of Young Jeezy's The Recession album. —  ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs
  • To risk going to jail, losing one's job, or being disqualified for student loans or welfare benefits (including unemployment, housing assistance, food stamps, and the like) simply cuz one has toked a joint is absurd. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
  • To walk by the Lost Weekend Lounge on a random evening and witness some clients standing around for a smoke can make one assume that the joint is a little rough.
  • No, what really stunk up the joint was the ... can I just come right out and call it skankiness? —  StarTribune.com rss feed
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of joindre, to join; see join.

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  1. from Middle English joynt, from Old French joint, joinct, masculine, jointe, joynte, juinte, feminine, = Provencal jonta, junta = Spanish Portuguese junta, a joint, = Italian giunta, feminine, a joint, meeting, arrival, from Latin junctus, masculine, a joining, Middle Latin juncta, feminine, a joining, a joint, connection, from junctus, past participle of jungere, join: see join.
  2. from Old French joint, French joint, from Latin junctus. past participle of jungere, join: see joint, n.
  3. from joint, n. Cf. Spanish Pp. juntar, join.
 

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