noun Anatomy the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
the general region of this fold or hollow.
Architecture the curved line or edge formed by the intersection of two vaults.
Also groyne . a small jetty extending from a shore to prevent beach erosion. verb (used with object) Architecture to form with groins.
Origin of groin 1350–1400; earlier
grine, Middle English grinde; compare
Old English grynde abyss, akin to
grund bottom,
ground1 Related forms un·groined , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for groin Contemporary Examples of groin Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin .
He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin .
One of the pictures showed Vice President Dick Cheney outside the Oval Office, hands cupped in front of his groin .
In another case, a female officer kicked a 37-year-old woman in the groin .
He scored big with Tommy, then was nearly deported for kicking an NYPD officer in the groin at the Fillmore.
Historical Examples of groin But as he was making for the ladder a bullet struck him in the groin and he fell.
It is often seen at the navel and sometimes in the groin as early as the second week.
Then the Nipe came in low, at an angle, trying for the groin .
Pure air and cleanliness of groin and wound are to be obtained.
His son John suffered from it in the groin and on the thigh; 2.
British Dictionary definitions for groin noun the depression or fold where the legs join the abdomen Related adjective: inguinal
euphemistic the genitals, esp the testicles
a variant spelling (esp US) of groyne architect a curved arris formed where two intersecting vaults meet
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verb (tr) architect to provide or construct with groins
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Word Origin for groin C15: perhaps from English grynde abyss; related to ground 1
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Word Origin and History for groin n. 1590s, earlier grine (1530s), from Middle English grynde "groin" (c.1400), originally "depression in the ground," from Old English grynde "abyss," perhaps also "depression, hollow," from Proto-Germanic *grundus (see ground ). Altered 16c. by influence of loin or obsolete groin "snout." The architectural groin "edge formed by the intersection of two vaults" is from 1725.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
n. The crease or hollow at the junction of the inner part of each thigh with the trunk, together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
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