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limber.

Flexible, pliant, bendable.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
  1. Flexible, pliant, bendable.

    He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Where this word comes from

Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.

verb/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
  1. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.

noun/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
  1. A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)

  2. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

    in-plural
  3. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.

verb/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
  1. To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.

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