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  • 71Miter joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 72Out of joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

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  • 73Universal joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 74Joint lock — A joint lock is a grappling technique involving manipulation of an opponent s joints in such a way that the joints reach their maximal degree of motion. In budo these are referred to as, 関節技 kansetsu waza , joint locking technique [Ohlenkamp,… …

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  • 75knee — 1. noun /niː/ a) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell. b) In the horse and allied animals, the… …

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  • 76joint — 01. My grandmother gets a lot of pain in her [joints] when the weather is cold. 02. Rub some of this lotion on your sore elbow, and it ll loosen up that stiff [joint] a bit. 03. My brother and his friends were smoking a [joint] at the party when… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 77joint — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪnt[/t]] ♦♦ joints 1) ADJ: ADJ n Joint means shared by or belonging to two or more people. She and Frank had never gotten around to opening a joint account... Jackie and Ben came to a joint decision as to where they would live. Derived… …

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  • 78knee — noun 1》 the joint between the thigh and the lower leg.     ↘a person s lap. 2》 an angled piece of wood or metal supporting the beams of a wooden ship. 3》 an abrupt obtuse or right angled bend in a graph. verb (knees, kneeing, kneed) hit with the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 79joint — Synonyms and related words: Babylon, DET, DMT, Gomorrah, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, Sodom, THC, abutment, abysm, abyss, accessory, accompanying, accordant, accumulated, acid, agglomerate, aggregate, agreeing, amalgamated, amassed, ankle, antidepressant …

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  • 80knee — Synonyms and related words: L, angle, ankle, apex, articulation, bayonet legs, bend, bifurcation, bight, boot, boundary, bowlegs, butt, calf, cant, cervix, chevron, clinch, closure, cnemis, coin, connecting link, connecting rod, connection,… …

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