with bent limbs; with the elbows bent and the hands resting on the hips
bent toward the outside with the joint away from the body (of arms and legs); having the elbows bent and the hands resting on the hips
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Akimbo Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutWith a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
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."
Adjective
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"
(synonym) akimbo(ip)
(similar) crooked
Adverb
1. with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo"
Akimbo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Akimbo is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent or bowed in a more general sense .
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