Joint and Mess

Joint

Joint noun - A place where two or more things are united.

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Mess and joint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Joint".

Nearby Words: joining, jointed, jointly, jointer, jointure

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Joint and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joint" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

complete	complete joint	complete mess
real	real joint	real mess
large	large joint	large mess
huge	huge joint	huge mess
Other adjectives: little, horrible, major, different, giant, red.

He beats them all up and makes a big mess of the joint.

Source: Diner Brawl
The Great Politics Mess-Up: A small case, irrelevant to the greater story: Mutineers' Moon mentions Colin as having been selected for the first joint US-Soviet interstellar flight crew.

Source: Literature / Empire from the Ashes
Also in Thief 2, "Casing the Joint" and "Masks": The first two floors of Gervasius' mansion have extremely wide corridors with shadowy alcoves, providing hiding places from the guards (who won't get close to you thanks to the corridor width, unless you mess up) and from the security cameras.

Source: Benevolent Architecture

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