joint

joint1 [ dʒɔınt ] adjective only before noun ***

involving two or more people or done by them together:

The two presidents issued a joint statement.

a joint decision

a joint bank account

My sister and I had a joint birthday party.

joint favorite: Bates and Morgan are joint favorites to win the competition.

joint effort (=something that is done by two or more people): Putting out the fire had been a joint effort.

╾ joint|ly adverb:

a jointly owned property

an aircraft that is being developed jointly with the U.K.

joint

joint 2 [ dʒɔınt ] noun count *

▸ 1 part of your body

▸ 2 connection

▸ 3 piece of meat

▸ 4 restaurant, bar, etc.

▸ 5 marijuana cigarette

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) a part of your body that can bend where two bones meet:

a swollen knee joint

You may experience some pain in your joints.

2. ) a place where two parts of something are connected:

Make sure you seal the joints of the pipes with waterproof tape.

3. ) a large piece of meat cooked in an oven:

a joint of beef

4. ) INFORMAL a restaurant, bar, or club, especially one that is inexpensive and not very nice:

I met him at some grimy little joint in town.

5. ) INFORMAL a MARIJUANA cigarette

out of joint

1. ) if a system is out of joint, it is not working correctly:

The new regulations threw the whole system out of joint.

2. ) if a bone in your body is out of joint, it is not in its correct position

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joint

joint 3 [ dʒɔınt ] verb transitive

to cut meat into large pieces