groin | |
1. n. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. | |
2. n. The area adjoining this fold or depression. | |
He pulled a muscle in his groin. | |
3. n. (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults | |
4. n. (euphemistic) The genitals. | |
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain. | |
5. n. (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults. | |
6. v. To deliver a blow to the genitals of. | |
In the scrum he somehow got groined. | |
She groined him and ran to the car. | |
7. v. (architecture) To build with groins. | |
8. v. (literary) To hollow out, to excavate. | |
'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen Wilfred Owen). | |
9. v. To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur. | |
10. n. alternative spelling of groyne | |