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akim·bo (ə kim′bō)

adverb, adjective

with hands on hips and elbows bent outward with arms akimbo

Etymology: ME in kenebowe, lit., in keen bow, i.e., in a sharp curve; a folk etym. from ON kengboginn, bow-bent < keng, bent + bogi, a bow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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