Joint | Mean of joint in English Dictionary

/ˈʤoɪnt/

• Noun
• a point where two bones meet in the body
1. the elbow/knee/shoulder joint
2. She's been having pain in her muscles and joints.
• a place where two things or parts are joined
1. seal the joints of the pipes
• a particular place
1. People were running all over the joint. [=everywhere]

• a cheap bar or club
1. I can't believe we came to a (cheap) joint like this.
• an informal restaurant
1. a hamburger/pizza joint
• a marijuana cigarette
1. smoking a joint
• a large piece of meat for roasting
1. a joint of beef
• not in the correct position
1. His shoulder kept slipping out of joint.
• not in agreement or order
1. My schedule has gotten a little out of joint [=disorganized] in the past few weeks.
• to perform or play very badly
1. This year the team is really stinking up the joint.
• combining the work of two or more people or groups of people
1. It took a joint [=united] effort to get the job done.
2. a joint session of (both houses of) Congress
• done by or involving two or more people
1. a joint venture
2. joint research
3. filing a joint tax return
4. They had a joint account at the bank.
5. divorced parents who have joint custody of their child
6. (Brit) They came in joint third. [=they both finished in third place]
• doing something together
1. joint owners