Akimbo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  akimbo
       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" [syn: {akimbo(ip)}]
       adv : with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood
             there akimbo"

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