Definition of Kimbo

1. a. Crooked; arched; bent.

Definition of Kimbo

1. to set akimbo [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kimbo

kiltless
kiltlike
kiltmaker
kiltmakers
kiltmaking
kilts
kilty
kimarite
kimarite-gakari
kimbap
kimberline
kimberlite
kimberlite pipe
kimberlite pipes
kimberlites
kimbo (current term)
kimboed
kimboing
kimbos
kimchee
kimchees
kimchi
kimchis
kimedashi
kimetaoshi
kimmer
kimmers
kimnel
kimnels
kimono

Literary usage of Kimbo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Character of the Province of Maryland by George Alsop, John Gilmary Shea (1880)
"... while the Women stand bolt upright with their armes a kimbo, performing the same action, in so confident and obscene a posture (see note No. ..."

2. History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of Our Forefathers at by Henry Trumbull (1812)
"... with arms a-kimbo^ «' High times! when a young'' buckskin can teach a British general how to fight ! ..."

3. Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland by Richard Ryan (1821)
"Dermody despised this mental hypocrisy, anil setting his arms a-kimbo, laid his hand upon his heart, and said fearlessly, " I am vicious, because I like it* ..."

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