joint (PLACE) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 INFORMAL a bar or restaurant which serves cheap food and drink:
We had lunch at a hamburger joint and then went to see a movie.
2 SLANG a place where people go for entertainment and which often has a bad reputation:
He owned several bars in the city and ran an illegal gambling joint.
We arrived at the club just before midnight and the joint was already jumping (= busy).
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3 a: a shabby or disreputable place of entertainment
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Aus: WAHRIG Rechtschreibung
* Ab|stei|ge|quar|tier n. 1 billige Unterkunft, Absteige
Aus: BERTELSMANN Wörterbuch
* Ab|stei|ge|quar|tier [n. 1] 1 Hotel, Gasthaus, in dem jmd. auf einer Reise zu wohnen pflegt 2 Wohnung, die sich jmd. hält, um dort unbeobachtet zu sein
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1. Ab|stei|ge, die; -, -n (ugs. abwertend): billiges [Stunden]hotel: sie sind in einer schäbigen A. untergekommen. ...
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