the joint

noun

US slang

: prison

five years in the joint

Examples of the joint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This past summer, Brossoit and doctors, after examining his right hip, found the root cause of the knee pain — a cam lesion on the head of his femur that was causing issues with cartilage inside the joint. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026

There’s some star power in the roster for outstanding music artist, a list that includes Lady Gaga, Elton John and Brandi Carlile for the joint record, Maren Morris, Reneé Rapp, Conan Gray, Durand Bernarr, Ethel Cain, G Flip, Ty Herndon and Young Miko. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026

But Callum Wilson, the joint top scorer (4) with club captain Jarrod Bowen, is in talks to end his five-month spell now he has been demoted to third-choice. —Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026

Downs and Stalter perfected every detail of the joint statement ensembles, right down to Chalamet’s leather paddle bag and Jenner’s sexy cutouts. —Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the joint

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