joint
verb/dʒɔɪnt/
/dʒɔɪnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they joint | /dʒɔɪnt/ /dʒɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it joints | /dʒɔɪnts/ /dʒɔɪnts/ |
| past simple jointed | /ˈdʒɔɪntɪd/ /ˈdʒɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle jointed | /ˈdʒɔɪntɪd/ /ˈdʒɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form jointing | /ˈdʒɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- joint something to cut meat into large pieces, usually each containing a boneWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French, past participle of joindre ‘to join’, from Latin jungere ‘to join’.
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