Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - akimbo
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adv. (of the arms) with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards. Etymology: ME in kenebowe, prob. f. ON ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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If you stand arms akimbo or with arms akimbo, you stand with your hands on your hips and your elbows pointing outwards. (OLD-FASHIONED) PHRASE: usu PHR after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj (with) arms ~ with your hands on your hips (hip1 (1)) so that your elbows point outwards (He stood with arms akimbo, glaring at the intruders.) (- see picture at arm) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1400, in kenebowe, perhaps from phrase in keen bow "at a sharp angle," or from a Scand. word akin to Icelandic kengboginn "bow-bent." Many languages use a teapot metaphor for this, such as Fr. faire le pot a deux anses "to play the pot with two handles." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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