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Definition of groin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

groin

noun
 
/ɡrɔɪn/
 
/ɡrɔɪn/
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  1. 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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  2. (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
  3. Word Originsense 1 late Middle English grynde, perhaps from Old English grynde ‘depression, abyss’.
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