joint

joint¹ W2 [dʒɔınt] adj [only before noun]

[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: , past participle of joindre; JOIN]

1.) involving two or more people or groups, or owned or shared by them

▪ The two ministers have issued a joint statement .

▪ Both companies are involved in the joint development of a new medium-sized car.

▪ Both parties must sign the form if the account is to be in joint names (=belong to two named people) .

▪ The meal was a joint effort (=two or more people worked on it together) .

2.) joint venture

a business activity begun by two or more people or companies working together

3.) joint resolution

law a decision or law agreed by both houses of the US Congress and signed by the President

>jointly adv

▪ tenants who are jointly responsible for their rent

joint ²

joint² n

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: jointe, from joindre; JOIN]

1.) a part of your body that can bend because two bones meet there

knee/neck/hip/elbow etc joint

▪ a permanently damaged knee joint

2.) BrE a large piece of meat, usually containing a bone

joint of

▪ a joint of beef

3.) a place where two things or parts of an object are joined together

▪ What should I use to seal the joint between a carport roof and the house wall?

4.) out of joint

a) if a bone in your body is out of joint, it has been pushed out of its correct position

b) if a system, group etc is out of joint, it is not working properly

▪ Something is out of joint in our society.

→put sb's nose out of joint at ↑nose¹ (15)

5.) informal a cheap bar, club, or restaurant

▪ a hamburger joint

→↑clip joint

6.) informal a cigarette containing ↑cannabis

= ↑spliff

→case the joint at ↑case² (2)

joint ³

joint³ v [T]

to cut meat into joints