limboed

Verb (1)

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)

1. (rare, transitive) To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.
   • [A]s your doctrine is exceedingly evil, by Yamjamma's theory it follows, that you must be proportionably bedeviled; and since it harms others, your devil is of the number of those whom it is best to limbo; and since he is one of those that can be limboed, limboed he shall be in you.1849, Herman Melville, “Wherein Babbalanja Broaches a Diabolical Theory, and, in His Own Person, Proves it”, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...

Verb (2)

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the limbo (etymology 2, noun etymology 2, noun sense 1).
   • Steve Becker was rolling around with the other skaters at the Pismo Beach, Calif. roller rink one day when it was announced that there would be a limbo contest. […] Steve had his friends set the bar lower and lower while he got flatter and flatter, until finally, at just over a foot and almost...1967 November 24, “Miscellany: Stoop to Conquer”, in George P. Hunt, editor, Life, volume 63, number 21, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 124
2. (also, broadly, figuratively, intransitive) Often followed by under: to pass under something, especially while bending backwards.
   • How low can you go? Technology stocks limboed lower and lower last week as investors danced to the profit-taking beat.1990 March 26, “Low Motion: Technology Firms Dip, Pivot as Investors Drum Up Profits”, in Bill Laberis, editor, Computerworld: The Newsweekly of Information Systems Management, volume XXIV, number...

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