akimbo
adverb/əˈkɪmbəʊ/
/əˈkɪmbəʊ/
Word Originlate Middle English: from in kenebowe in Middle English, probably from Old Norse.
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See akimbo in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(with) arms akimbo
- with your hands on your hips and your elbows pointing away from your body
- She stood looking at him with arms akimbo.
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