Akimbo

Etymology
From in kene bowe: from in: + keen: + bowe:. Alternately, possibly from keng: + bogi:, compare  kengboginn:.

Adjective

 * 1) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
 * 2) * 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.
 * "Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, "what are you driving at? Let's have it straight, now."
 * 1) * 1921, Lydia Clark, Physical Training for the Elementary Schools: Gymnastics, Games, and Rhythmic Plays‎, page 66.
 * Girls take hold of the skirts; boys place the hands akimbo, bend forward from the waist, and bow.
 * 1) * 2004, Zirka Z. Filipczak, "Poses and Passions: Mona Lisa's 'Closely Folded' Hands", in G K Paster, et al. (eds.) Reading the Early Modern Passions: Essays in the Cultural History of Emotion‎, page 83.
 * Men preferred one pose above all others, namely, the elbow akimbo.

Adverb

 * 1) Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
 * The man was standing akimbo.
 * 1) * 1903, Emily Constance Baird Cook, Highways and byways in London‎, page 430
 * Otherwise, it is likely that she may be accosted as "dear" or "Sally,"—invited to take "a drop o' tea," or otherwise chaffed by rough women standing akimbo at street doors.
 * 1) * 1978, Padma Upadhyaya, Female Images in the Museums of Uttar Pradesh, page 272
 * ...and the other end window bearing the figure of a woman standing akimbo with her right hand touching her right temple.

Thesaurus
V-shaped; Y-shaped; angular; bent; cornered; crooked; crotched; forked; furcal; furcate; geniculate; geniculated; hooked; jagged; knee-shaped; pointed; saw-toothed; sawtooth; serrate; sharp; sharp-cornered; zigzag

Adjective

 * Spanish: en jarras

Adverb

 * Bulgarian: с ръце на кръста
 * Finnish: lanteillaan


 * Georgian: დოინჯი
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