Definition of "loose-jointed" []

• Having freely articulated, highly mobile joints. (adjective)
• Limber or agile in movement. (adjective)

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• ""You do look a mite flustered," Harney criticised, dropping his loose-jointed frame all over the pillows of the lounging couch."
• "A shambling, loose-jointed giant rolled out of one of the tents, yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes."
• "One day While Fang encountered a young wolf, gaunt and scrawny, loose-jointed with famine."