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Bent outward
Answer for the clue "Bent outward ", 6 letters:
akimbo
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Word definitions for akimbo in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. adv. Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, in kenebowe , of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle English phrase in keen bow "at a sharp angle," or from a Scandinavian word akin to Icelandic kengboginn "bow-bent," but this seems not to have been used in this exact sense. Many languages use ...
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.