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groin
/ɡɹɔɪn/
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What does groin mean?
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.
- The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
More meanings (7)
noun
- The surface formed by two such vaults.
- The genitals.
- US standard spelling of groyne.
verb
- To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
- To build or furnish with a groin or groins.
- (literary) To hollow out; to excavate.
- To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡɹɔɪn/
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On the front of the trousers about the level of the groin there were blood spots on both sides.
Suppose you were to put a groin out here, would not the filum fluminis be cast abruptly off across the channel?
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Eggs are laid in both places, but not many, showing that the groin and the axilla are adopted only reluctantly and for lack of a better spot.
The thermometer was variously placed in the mouth, anus, axilla, popliteal space, groin, urethra, and different instruments were from time to time employed.