akimbo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: akimbo	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for akimbo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
akimbo adv with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo" adj (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Akimbo \A*kim"bo\, a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. {Kimbo}.] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. [bd]With one arm akimbo.[b8] --Irving.