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AKIMBO

\ɐkˈɪmbə͡ʊ], \ɐkˈɪmbə‍ʊ], \ɐ_k_ˈɪ_m_b_əʊ]\

Definitions of AKIMBO

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

With the hands on the hips and the elbows turned outwards.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

With hand on hip and elbow bent outward.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

With hands on hips and elbows outward.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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