Akimbo
[ə'kɪmbəʊ] or [ə'kɪmbo]
Definition
(adj.) (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; 'a tailor sitting with legs akimbo'; 'stood with arms akimbo' .
(adv.) with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; 'she stood there akimbo'.
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Definition
(a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
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Definition
adj. with hand on hip and elbow bent outward.
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Examples
- Human Justice rushed before me in novel guise, a red, random beldame, with arms akimbo. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now, then, mister, said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, what are you driving at? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. O'Dowd put herself with arms akimbo before the bedroom door. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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