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Definition of Akimbo
1. Adjective. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body. "Stood with arms akimbo"
2. Adverb. With hands on hips and elbows extending outward. "She stood there akimbo"
Definition of Akimbo
1. a. With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Definition of Akimbo
1. Adjective. With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. ¹
2. Adverb. Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Akimbo
1. having hands on hips and elbows bent outward [adj]
Medical Definition of Akimbo
1. With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo." Origin: Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Akimbo
Literary usage of Akimbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"The celestial raised his hands akimbo, turned his oblique eyes upward, and
exclaimed, "Yes, I believe in them, and I fear them much. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Mr. Magnusson read a Paper on "akimbo" a compound which, he observed, in its
present state must be taken to represent an older compound in which the ..."
3. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1883)
"This point was of paramount importance for the derivation of akimbo. The word
occurred now chiefly in the phrase ' to stand akimbo,' or ' to stand, ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"Gambril also meant the stick placed by butchers between the shoulders of a dressed
sheep to keep the carcass square and open, where the analogy to akimbo ..."
5. A Word a Day Intermediate by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Stephanie Wright, Sarita Chavez Silverman, Evan-Moor Corporation (2002)
"akimbo adjective I with hands on hips and elbows turned outward banish verb to
punish someone by making him or her leave a country When my mother stands ..."
6. Massage treatment (Thure Brandt) in diseases of women: For Practitioners by Robert Ziegenspeck (1898)
"The patient stands in the room, arms akimbo. Behind her is a footstool at such
a distance ... The patient then lowers herself with arms still akimbo and ..."
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