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Synonyms for groin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : groin
Phonetic Transcription : grɔɪn

Définition of groin

Origin :
  • 1590s, earlier grine (1530s), from Middle English grynde "groin" (c.1400), originally "depression in the ground," from Old English grynde "abyss," perhaps also "depression, hollow," from Proto-Germanic *grundus (see ground). Altered 16c. by influence of loin or obsolete groin "snout." The architectural groin "edge formed by the intersection of two vaults" is from 1725.
  • noun crotch
Example sentences :
  • But as he was making for the ladder a bullet struck him in the groin and he fell.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • It is often seen at the navel and sometimes in the groin as early as the second week.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Then the Nipe came in low, at an angle, trying for the groin.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Pure air and cleanliness of groin and wound are to be obtained.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • His son John suffered from it in the groin and on the thigh; 2.
  • Extract from : « Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer » by John Kent
  • Lig-magte made a fist of his good hand and crashed it into Brion's groin.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • The Constable himself, with a wound in the groin, was a captive.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
  • But Hector saw him, and thrust at him with his spear, smiting him in the groin, so that he fell.
  • Extract from : « Stories of the Old world » by Alfred John Church
  • Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are and cross bandages in case of injuries in the groin.
  • Extract from : « Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel & Exploration » by W. B. Lord
  • He had seen foreign wars himself and had a hack on the groin.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro

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