Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers.
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- adjective Possessing
hypermobility of thejoints
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- adjective having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
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Examples
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Yes, a fair amount have low muscle tone, what we used to call double-jointed.
Young Runners Marc Bloom 2009
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Like being born with double-jointed thumbs or a birthmark.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Like being born with double-jointed thumbs or a birthmark.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Like being born with double-jointed thumbs or a birthmark.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Those double-jointed standards must come in handy.
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So perhaps we should stop predicting the emergence of an illiterate, story-less generation whose only evolutionary advantage will be double-jointed Xbox thumbs.
Don't fear the Reader: how technology can benefit children's books 2011
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Like being born with double-jointed thumbs or a birthmark.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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But it could inspire an ace trashy mini-series – one with more credibility-stretching twists than a double-jointed gymnast.
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In the water, his short legs, with his double-jointed knees and pliable ankles attached to size 14 feet, help him undulate like a dolphin.
Built to swim, Phelps found a focus and refuge in water 2008
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I'd say that moving to the limit of your range of motion is what would constitute the 'mental flexibility' building aspect of yoga, rather than just happening to be double-jointed or the like.
The Flexibility of Your Body Correlates With the Flexibility of Your Arteries Steven Barnes 2010
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