groin.
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
Meaning & usage
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.
He pulled a muscle in his groin.
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
The surface formed by two such vaults.
The genitals.
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *grunduz Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-Germanic *-ją Proto-Germanic *grundiją Proto-West Germanic *grundī Old English grynde Middle English grinde English grine English loininflu. English groin From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
She groined him and ran to the car.
To build or furnish with a groin or groins.
To hollow out; to excavate.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *grunduz Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-Germanic *-ją Proto-Germanic *grundiją Proto-West Germanic *grundī Old English grynde Middle English grinde English grine English loininflu. English groin From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English groynen, from a mixture of Old French groignier, grougnier (from Latin grunniō) and Old English grunnian (from Proto-Germanic *grunnōną).
US standard spelling of groyne.
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