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   limber

   /ˈlɪmbə/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or body part) lithe or supple: "I have to practise to keep myself limber"
   • ▪ (of a thing) flexible: "limber graphite fishing rods"

   verb

   • 1. warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics: "the acrobats were limbering up for the big show"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as an adjective): perhaps from limber2 in the dialect sense ‘cart shaft’, with allusion to the to-and-fro motion.

   Derivatives

   • 1. limberness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • I

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   • M

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   • B

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