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Definition of "double-jointed" [double-jointed]

  • Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "double-jointed" in a sentence
  • "Yes, a fair amount have low muscle tone, what we used to call double-jointed."
  • "Like being born with double-jointed thumbs or a birthmark."
  • "So perhaps we should stop predicting the emergence of an illiterate, story-less generation whose only evolutionary advantage will be double-jointed Xbox thumbs."
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