joint
- noun
- /dʒɔɪnt/
- Informal
- Street corners in African American neighborhoods are crowded with rib joints, chicken takeout stands, and fish markets.
- fast-food joint
- a food joint
- a juke joint
Anyway, we went to this little Italian joint in Geneva.
- Anyway, we went to this little Italian joint in Geneva.
- The minimum wage pour from the fast food joints lining Broad St.
- And when I lost my boy, I was in a bad joint, bloody Beaumont, bad joint.
- And any good teriyaki joint that's worth its weight has amazing Mac salad.
- And this gentleman, I saw him one time outside of a fast food joint here in Los Angeles.
- And they'll take the learning from that barbecue joint.
- And that's coming from like a four-star joint level is where wires get crossed, right.
Examples
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No, never judge a hamburger joint by its cover.
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Anyway, we went to this little Italian joint in Geneva.
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Well, this is your joint, right?
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So it's a fast food joint, but it's called Superman.
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This is supposed to be a nice local neighborhood joint like Domino's.
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Once a year there was a burger joint in Traverse City.
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And this is just a little bitty joint on the side of the freeway.
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The editor liked my description of my favorite ice cream joint, Ivanhoe's restaurant in Upland.
Academic text (2011) -
Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf often played Clarksdale's street corners, juke joints, and surrounding plantations.
Academic text (2018) -
This café is a cozy little joint where locals love to hang out.
Synonyms
A place with music and dancing where people go at night
A place open late at night with music and dancing where people buy drinks
A place where people drink alcohol and talk
A bar or pub where people meet to drink and talk
A small bar or restaurant that serves drinks and simple food
A small informal place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to blues from a jukebox
A cheap bar where people drink and are often rowdy
A small lively place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to music
Idioms
Compounds
- US
Group of senior military leaders who advise the President of the United States on military matters
A group of top military leaders who advise the President of the United States
A business project by two or more companies that share resources, risks, and profits
- Informal
A small informal place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to blues from a jukebox
- Formal
A decision passed by both houses that becomes law when the president signs it or a veto is rejected
- Formal
A tax return that a married couple files together to report their combined income and deductions
- Specialized
The place where the top of the thigh bone fits into the hip bone to let the leg move
- Specialized
A way of joining wooden boards by fitting an edge into a matching slot to make a flat strong surface
- Archaic
A place like a bar or nightclub that charges high prices and tricks customers
- Specialized
A joint that connects the lower jaw to the skull and lets the jaw open and close
- Specialized
A joint where the round top of the arm bone fits into the shoulder blade to move the arm
- Specialized
A connection of two pieces of wood or metal placed end to end without overlapping
- Specialized
A long-lasting condition where joint cartilage slowly breaks down causing pain and stiffness
- Specialized
A strong connection in wood made by fitting interlocking angled pieces together
- Specialized
A metal or plastic part a surgeon puts into the body to replace a joint like a hip
- Specialized
A joint where a round bone end fits into a cup, allowing movement in many directions
- Specialized
The joint in a horse's lower leg where a main leg bone meets a short foot bone
- Specialized
A place where two pieces lie on top of each other and are fastened together
- Specialized
A corner where two pieces of wood join with their ends cut at an angle
- Specialized
A joint that lets a body part move mainly in one direction like a knee or elbow
A person who writes a book or article together with another person, sharing credit
- Specialized
A business owned by many people who buy shares to own part and share profits and losses
- Specialized
A small part that connects two turning shafts at different angles and passes power between them
- Specialized
A joint where a rounded bone end fits into a cup socket to allow movement in many directions
- Specialized
A joint that bends the arm where the upper arm meets the forearm, like the elbow
- Specialized
A joint where a rounded bone end fits into a cup in another bone, like the hip or shoulder
- Specialized
A place where bones are held by strong tissue and do not move, often in the skull
- Specialized
A strong wood connection where a peg on one piece fits into a hole in another piece
- Specialized
A strong wooden joint where a peg from one piece fits into a hole in another
- Specialized
The joint between the lower leg bones and the top bone of the foot that forms the ankle
- Specialized
A place where two bones meet and move like a hinge in one direction
- Specialized
A U.S. military kit that turns a regular bomb dropped from a plane into a precise guided bomb
- Specialized
A desert shrub with jointed green stems, almost no leaves, and small red seeds
- Formal
Two or more people are each responsible for the same debt and may have to pay it
- Archaic
A small lively place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to music
- Specialized
A way to join two pieces of wood by cutting matching grooves so their edges fit together
- Specialized
A joint where the end of the forearm bone meets the first row of wrist bones
- Specialized
A connection between two parts that lets one part turn around a single straight line like in the forearm
- Specialized
A joint in the body that lets a bone turn only around one straight line
- Specialized
A connection where two pieces are shaped to fit end to end to form a longer piece
- Specialized
A joint in the body that lets bones move freely and contains slippery fluid
- Specialized
Two arms connected at a hinge that straighten to push hard at their ends
- Specialized
A joint where a round bone end fits in a cup, letting movement in all directions
How Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Joint: The slang sense of joint for a bar or club comes from an old word meaning 'joined' or a simple place where people meet. Think of it as a spot where people 'join' together, which is why a cheap, casual place can be called a 'joint'.