akimbo

a·kim·bo  (-kmb)

adv.

In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward: children standing akimbo by the fence.

adj.

1. Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.

2. Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position: "There he remained, dead to the world, limbs akimbo, until we left" (Alex Shoumatoff).

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[Middle English in kenebowe : in, in; see in¹ + kenebowe (kene-, of unknown meaning + bowe, bow, bend; see bow³).]

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akimbo

Adverb

(with) arms akimbo with hands on hips and elbows turned outwards [Middle English in kenebowe in keen (ie sharp) bow]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	akimbo - (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo" crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Adv.	1.	akimbo - with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo"