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groins

groins is the plural of groin.

Meaning of groin

Noun

groin (plural groins)

  1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
    • 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.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022
  2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
    • He pulled a muscle in his groin.
  3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
  4. The surface formed by two such vaults.
  5. (euphemistic) The genitals.
    • He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.

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Words that rhyme with groins

Questions about groins

What is groins the plural of?
Groins is the plural of groin.

Words near groins in the dictionary

  1. groined vaults
  2. groinfield
  3. groinfields
  4. groinful
  5. groining
  6. groins
  7. groinward
  8. groinwards
  9. grok
  10. grokable
  11. groke

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