jointed

1. 1
   adjective

   Made of separate parts joined together so they can bend or move.

   Like your fingers, which bend where the parts meet.

   The toy robot has jointed legs that bend at the knees.

   A jointed fishing rod folds down into a small case.

   Similararticulated, hinged, segmented

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of joint. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   The butcher jointed the chicken before cooking it.

   The pipes were jointed with metal rings so no water could leak out.

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3. 3
   adjectiveslangIreland

   Very full of people, with hardly any space left to move.

   Like a can packed so tight that nothing else can fit in.

   The club was jointed by midnight, with no room to dance.

   The little café gets jointed every Friday night.

   Similarpacked, crowded, jammed, rammed

   Oppositeempty, deserted

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