double jointed
Bendy beyond normal
Double jointed describes unusual flexibility in the joints, allowing limbs or fingers to bend beyond the normal range: She's double jointed and can bend her thumb back to touch her wrist.
The term is informal and somewhat misleading—there's no extra joint involved, just looser ligaments.
The medical term is hypermobility.
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- hypermobileAbnormally flexible joints
- range of motionJoint's movement capacity
- bendyEasily flexed or curved
- contortionistOne who bends extremely
stretchy · ligaments · limber · acrobat · circus performer · circus · freak show · party trick · party tricks · backward · elastic · supple · loose · rubbery · bend · twist · fingers · elbows
- body traitsheight, weight, body shape, build, stature
- party trickscard tricks, card trick, magic trick, magic tricks, spoon bending
- hypermobility disordershypermobility, bendy
- hand featurespalm, fingers, knuckles, fingernails, thumb
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- abnormalitiesmalformation, deformation, anomaly, birth defect, abnormal growth
joint flexibility/mobility
double jointedstiff
Not easily bent
rigid · inflexible · joint stiffness · limited mobility · arthritic
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