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With hands on hip, elbows out
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akimbo
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Akimbo \A*kim"bo\, a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo .] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. ``With one arm akimbo.'' --Irving.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES with arms akimbo (= with your hands on your hips so that your elbows point away from your body ) ▪ Anna stood with arms akimbo, ready to challenge me.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Akimbo is a human position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent or bowed in a more general sense.
Usage examples of akimbo.
Honorius the afrit leaped upon the bonnet of the car, femurs akimbo, hands on hip bones, skull cocked at a jaunty angle.
Monique set her arms akimbo, flexed the erectile tissues of her breast mounds, and waggled the hiplike swelling below her waist.
Riding tiny air-scooters that look like dragonflies mated with ceiling fans, the pirates swarm aboard the passenger ship, led by Dola, the mother of all pirates, braids akimbo, hollering at the top of her considerable lungs, and looking like a cross between a Katzenjammer mama and Pippi Longstocking aged by R.
Jane stood behind George, arms akimbo, watching him take nourishment, a thoughtful expression on her face.
He turned away to Big Red, who stood arms akimbo, quizzically watching her sister.
They whirled about to confront the queen, who stood arms akimbo in the white doorway.
Arms akimbo, shoulders erect, her head raised in a hauteur that suited the disdain her features registered, Mata Safi began a slow tour of the niches where the prisoners were segregated.
She stood, arms akimbo, facing Cressida, who was struggling with the refractory laces of her travelling gown.
Arms akimbo, head tilted slightly to one side, she stood as if she were trying to make up her mind about something.
The old man, hands akimbo, eyes facing the sky, howled until his voice gave out.
Two men in dark suits, legs akimbo, hands clasped at crotch level, blocked the entrance to the warehouse.
Skardon stood before them, arms akimbo, a soft smile on his lips, as they measured him with their eyes.
Leaning forward, arms akimbo on broad knees, his muscular face intent, the Intelligence man did his best to convey the impression that he knew far more than the other suspected, more than he was ready to state at that moment.
Then she cocked her arms akimbo and smiled, wrinkles corrugating every inch of her motherly face.
Sister Antolina lying in the convent bed, her guts trussed up, her arms akimbo and waiting for the Resurrection, waiting, waiting for life without hernia, without intercourse, without sin, without evil, meanwhile nibbling a few animal crackers, a pimento, some fancy olives, a little head cheese.