| 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 | |
