akimboadjective [ after noun ]
uk/əˈkɪm.bəʊ/us/əˈkɪm.boʊ/If a person's arms are akimbo, they are bent at the elbows (= the middle part of the arms where they bend) with the hands on the hips:
He stood, arms akimbo, refusing to move.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sitting and standing
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- ease
- four
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit back
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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