the joint

noun

US slang

: prison

five years in the joint

Examples of the joint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Judkins didn’t participate in the joint practice against Buffalo. — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Gilbertson says he’s comforted by the fact that the joint venture called the Alameda Belt Line will hire many of his employees. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Brent Rosenkranz Brent Rosenkranz, 42, also of Granbury, was the married father of three sons, according to the joint statement the three families released. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Both countries—and China—are largely making decisions on the basis of fear and suspicion, not the joint pursuit of nuclear stability. — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the joint

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint