
Meaning of AKIMBO
| Pronunciation: | | u'kimbow
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| | Definition: | | [adv] with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo" |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*kim"bo\, a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. {Kimbo}.]
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow
turned outward. ``With one arm akimbo.'' --Irving.
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| | Related Terms: | | angular, bent, cornered, crooked, crotched, forked, furcal, furcate, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, jagged, knee-shaped, pointed, sawtooth, saw-toothed, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, V-shaped, Y-shaped, zigzag |
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