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Definition of 'groin'Etymology 1
From earlier grine, from (etyl) grinde, grynde, from (etyl) ; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
Noun
( en-noun)
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
* {{quote-news
|year=2011
|date=October 15
|author=Phil McNulty
|title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd
|work=BBC Sport
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|passage=The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.}}
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- He pulled a muscle in his groin .
(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
(euphemistic) The genitals.
- He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
(geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
Coordinate terms
* inguinal
Verb
( en-verb)
To deliver a blow to the genitals.
- In the scrum he somehow got groined .
- She groined him and ran to the car.
(architecture) To build with groins.
Etymology 2
(etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
- (Chaucer)
* Spenser
- bears that groined continually
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