joint

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You know... a joint account... like I'm sure a vast majority of married people have.

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Quick take

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of joint gathered in one view.

noun

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

noun

a disreputable place of entertainment

noun

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for joint.

noun

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

noun

a disreputable place of entertainment

noun

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

See also: articulation, join, juncture, junction

noun

a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

noun

junction by which parts or objects are joined together

noun

marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

verb

fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly"

verb

provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"

verb

fasten with a joint

verb

separate (meat) at the joint

adjective

united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"

adjective

affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership"

adjective

involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress"

Example sentences

You know... a joint account... like I'm sure a vast majority of married people have.

It can be a good job, but if you want to make about the same money and be happier, you could actually just go run a fast food joint.

* Initiate or sustain joint efforts with people on other projects, so they don't stagnate every time developers get distracted by other commitments.

Just last week, Elon argued against a different legal monopoly, for national security launch services by the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture.

As a creator, as an business person and a hacker I would happily see facebook replaced by a company or an entity that gave us 80% of the functionality with our joint privacy in tact.

In the case of a single AE-, BE- amputation or a single upper limb dysmelia, the minimal impairment is met if all fingers and the thumb of one hand is missing through the MCP joint or other impairments who are equivalents, without a functional grip.

People from the guys that work in mines to gather materials to make your computer internals, to guys that transport gas and flip switches at energy plants so that you can have electricity, to the guy that flips your burgers when you go to the fast food joint across the street, to the guy that cleans your offices.

But a core OEM deal involving the licensing of IP that is at the core of your company obviously warrants significant lawyer review, especially if it involves joint development efforts, sweeping indemnification clauses that might trigger major liabilities, or other complications that require sophisticated handling of IP and other rights.