akimbo

3 definitions found

akimbo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Akimbo \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.
     [1913 Webster]

akimbo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  akimbo
      adv 1: with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she
             stood there akimbo"
      adj 1: (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away
             from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo";
             "stood with arms akimbo"

akimbo - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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