groin
noun/ɡrɔɪn/
/ɡrɔɪn/
- the part of the body where the legs join the main part of the body, including the area around the genitals (= sex organs)
- She kicked her attacker in the groin.
- He's been off all season with a groin injury.
- to suffer a groin strain
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- (US English) (British English groyne)a low wall built out into the sea to prevent it from washing away sand and stones from the beach
Word Originsense 1 late Middle English grynde, perhaps from Old English grynde ‘depression, abyss’.
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