akimbo

Definition of Akimbo in English :

1. akimbo

(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body

Example Sentences:
'a tailor sitting with legs akimbo'
'stood with arms akimbo'

2. akimbo

with hands on hips and elbows extending outward

Example Sentences:
'she stood there akimbo'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Akimbo

adjective, adverb

arms akimbo

adverb, adjective

with hands on hips and elbows bent outward

with arms akimbo

adv.

In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward: children standing akimbo by the fence.

adj.

1. Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.

2. Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position: "There he remained, dead to the world, limbs akimbo, until we left" (Alex Shoumatoff).