Alternative letter-case form of limbo (“a type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels”)

(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) The place, thought to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people 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); the place where each category of souls exists, regarded separately.

(by extension) An in-between place or state of neglect or oblivion that results in unresolved status or deadlock.

(countable, military, nautical, weaponry) A type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels.

(dance, also attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down.

(transitive, rare) 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.

(dance) To dance the limbo (etymology 2, noun sense 1).

(by extension, also figurative) Often followed by under: to pass under something, especially while bending backwards.