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# akimbo

«akimbo» in Mova's school dictionary: **with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb or adjective (with arms akimbo, no forms)

### meaning for a pupil

Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a bold hero or a cross person standing with arms akimbo

### examples

- The farmer stood with his arms akimbo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/#x1)
- She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/#x2)
- He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «akimbo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.