double-jointed

1. 1.

   having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers

   Similarflexible

Questions about double-jointed

What does double-jointed mean?

double-jointed means "having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers".

How many syllables are in double-jointed?

double-jointed has 4 syllables: dou-ble--join-ted. The stress falls on "ble-".

Is double-jointed a common word?

double-jointed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.