limboing

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A form of limbo — A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of limbo

    In a later episode Eartha Kitt plays a contortionist who aids the I.M.F. by snaking her way through narrow air ducts in a foreign embassy, then limboing under various alarms to crack a vault holding stolen coded American intelligence secrets.

    2007 February 4, Vincent Cosgrove, “Their Mission: Making the Impossible Look Easy Every Week”, in New York Times

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

limboing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboing

MLA

“limboing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limboing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboing.

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