jointed

1. 1
   adjective

   Constructed with one or more joints, so that the connected parts can move or bend relative to one another.

   Engineers built a jointed arm that can rotate in three directions.

   The fossil revealed a jointed exoskeleton typical of arthropods.

   Similararticulated, hinged, segmented

   Note

   Built from the noun, not the verb: joint plus -ed, the same pattern as bearded or winged. It means 'having joints,' not 'having been jointed.' Railway writing speaks of jointed track, rails laid in lengths that meet at joints. Unlike a bare participle, it behaves as a gradable adjective, taking more and most (a more jointed frame).

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of joint.

   The carpenter jointed the boards so they fit together tightly.

   Having jointed the lamb, the cook arranged the pieces on a tray.

   Note

   A regular verb, so one form covers both the simple past (she jointed the boards) and the participle after have or be (the boards were jointed). The verb pulls in opposite directions. A carpenter's jointed work is fitted together, while a cook's jointed meat is cut apart at the joints, and only context tells them apart. A jointed limb, meaning one that has joints, belongs to the adjective built from the noun.

3. 3
   adjectiveslangIreland

   So full of people that there is barely any room left to stand or move; packed to capacity.

   By the time the band started, the venue was completely jointed.

   The market square stayed jointed all afternoon during the festival.

   Similarpacked, crowded, jammed, rammed

   Oppositeempty, deserted

   Note

   Irish slang keeps this word for a venue at full stretch: a pub, a club, a football ground. It sits most naturally after a verb (the place was jointed) and happily takes an intensifier, as in an absolutely jointed Dalymount Park. Donncha O'Callaghan's Joking Apart (2011) glosses it on the spot with packed, the safer choice outside Ireland. It shares its spelling with the "having joints" adjective, so context does the work.

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