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Meaning of groin
noun
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression. Example: He pulled a muscle in his groin.
- The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- The genitals. Example: He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
- The surface formed by two such vaults.
verb
- To deliver a blow to the genitals of. Example: In the scrum he somehow got groined.
- To build with groins.
- (literary) To hollow out, to excavate. Example: 'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen).
verb
- To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
noun
- An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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