 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
akimbo
adjective: (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away
from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo";
"stood with arms akimbo" [syn: {akimbo(ip)}]
adverb: with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood
there akimbo"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Akimbo \A*kim"bo\, adjective [Etymology unknown. Cf. {Kimbo}.]
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow
turned outward. ''With one arm akimbo.'' --Irving.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "akimbo":
V-shaped, Y-shaped, angular, bent, cornered, crooked, crotched,
forked, furcal, furcate, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, jagged,
knee-shaped, pointed, saw-toothed, sawtooth, serrate, sharp,
sharp-cornered, zigzag
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