limbo2Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbəʊ/Translate limbo | into French | into Italian Definition of limbo noun (plural limbos) a West Indian dance in which the dancer bends backwards to pass under a horizontal bar which is progressively lowered to a position just above the ground. verb [no object] perform the limbo: the children limboed under the barOrigin: 1950s: from limber1limbo in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of limbo in the US English dictionary