ball-and-socket

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Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

The ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder is secured by the four muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff, which can become irritated, torn or overstretched.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Dr. Günther compares it to a ball-and-socket joint, except there is no socket.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Any sort of twist or imbalance can put stress on ball-and-socket joints.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

In this case she adopted a ball-and-socket joint—the kind by which older astronomers mounted their telescopes.

From A Book of Exposition by Nugent, Homer Heath