hyperextend

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
27
Words With Friends
27
Letters
11

Definition of hyperextend

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
    “DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup.”
    “The mix of ballet vocabulary, modern techniques and African steps is familiar, but the extent to which Mr. Rhoden packs — and overpacks — phrases, cultivates warp-speed delivery and hyperextends every possible hip jut and arabesque is, thank goodness, something special to Complexions.”
    “Every time you push off and hyperextend the toe, which happens when doing something as simple as taking a step or more strenuous like cutting and jumping, the MTP joint is involved.”

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Etymology

From hyper- + extend.

Words you can make from hyperextend

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8-letter words

5 words

7-letter words

11 words

6-letter words

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5-letter words

37 words

4-letter words

63 words

3-letter words

52 words

2-letter words

1 word

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