dislocate

dislocate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.
2. adjective. Dislocated.
3. verb. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship

   "The colonists displaced the natives"

4. verb. move out of position

   "dislocate joints"

   "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

   Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay

Synonyms

luxate, slip, splay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dislocate:

lactoside

Common word forms

dislocated, dislocates, dislocating

Words from these letters

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