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Groin

/ɡɹɔɪn/

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

📖 Definitions of "Groin"

noun

1
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
2
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
"He pulled a muscle in his groin."
3
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4
The genitals.
"He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain."

verb

1
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
"In the scrum he somehow got groined."
2
To build with groins.
3
(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.
"'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen)."

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