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jointjoint1 /dʒɔɪnt/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective [only before noun] involving two or more people or groups, or owned or shared by them: a joint bank account a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency Eight states will take joint action on air pollution issues.—jointly adverb adjective | noun
jointjoint2 noun 1
BODY PART [countable] science, biology a part of the body where two bones meet and which allows one or more of the bones to move in relation to the other: the elbow joint aching joints2PLACE [countable] informal a place, especially a bar, club, or restaurant: a fast-food joint3DRUGS [countable] slang a marijuana cigarette4PLACE WHERE something JOINS [countable] a place where two things or parts of an object are joined together: the joints of a chair5out of joint a)if a bone in your body is out of joint, it has been pushed out of its correct position SYN dislocated b)if a system, group, etc. is out of joint, it is not working correctly: Something is out of joint in their family. → see also put somebody’s nose out of joint at nose1 (9)6the joint slang prison → see also case the joint at case2 (2)