Groin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Groin is a noun meaning The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
Meaning
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
More Meanings
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
- (architecture) To build or furnish with a groin or groins.
- (literary, transitive) To hollow out; to excavate.
Example Sentences
He pulled a muscle in his groin.
She groined him and ran to the car.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
Word Forms
- groins
- groining
- groined
Synonyms for groin
Depending on context, synonyms include bulwark, jetty, mole, breakwater, groyne, seawall.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty, groyne, breakwater.
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