the joint

noun

US slang

: prison

five years in the joint

Examples of the joint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two years on and France is widely regarded to have been the most impressive team of this World Cup with a dizzying array of attacking talent and the joint leading scorer in Mbappé ahead of the semifinal on France’s Bastille Day. — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

The attacks also coincide with the multi-day funeral for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the joint US-Israel operation that kicked off the war. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the joint announcement after a meeting in Melbourne. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

Operated by Guardians from CFC’s Mission Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare, Meadowlands is purposefully postured to provide the joint force with a robust toolkit for spectrum dominance. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Rhymes for the joint

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