Akimbo

Definitions: Akimbo

Akimbo

Adjective

1. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo".

Adverb

1. With hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo".

Date "akimbo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references)

Note: Akimbo \A*kim"bo\, adjective. [Etymology unknown. Compare to Kimbo.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Akimbo

Synonym: akimbo(ip) (adj). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Akimbo

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In computer gaming, weapons are akimbo if identical weapons are held in each hand. This usually refers to handguns (many first person shooters have such weapons as "berettas akimbo" or "pistols akimbo") but can refer to any other weapon that can be held in one hand (e.g. "akimbo MP5's")

This particular version of "akimbo" is derived from Japanese. The word is used in traditional samurai texts to describe a particular class of samurai that wielded two swords, one in each hand. The word acquired its current slang usage via fans of action director John Woo, who used the word to describe his trademark style of wielding two handguns. It has since entered into the computer gaming lexicon as well. (This etymology is mentioned in the book Hong Kong Action Cinema by Bey Logan.)

The traditional English "akimbo" (which you are more likely to find in literature) means "in a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward". This version of "akimbo" is generally believed to have come from Old Norse.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Akimbo."

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Synonyms within Context: Akimbo

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Angularity	Elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo.
	Adjective: angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated; falciform, falcated; furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag; furcular; hooked; dovetailed; knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated; oblique.
Defiance	Show fight, show one's teeth, show a bold front; bluster, look big, stand akimbo, beat one's chest; double the fist, shake the fist; threaten.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Akimbo

Etymologies containing "akimbo": Kimbo. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Akimbo

Domain	Title
Music	Akimbo Alogo (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Akimbo Kung Fu Hero (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Akimbo

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Usage Frequency: Akimbo

"Akimbo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Akimbo" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	38	55,818

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Akimbo

Expressions using "akimbo": arms akimbo ♦ with arms akimbo. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "akimbo": arms-akimbo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Akimbo

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
akimbo	34
akimbo arms	4
akimbo fu hero kung	3
akimbo kimberly	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Akimbo

Language		Translations for "akimbo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me duart në ijë. (various references)

Arabic		‏مستخصر, ‏واضع. (various references)

Bulgarian		с ръце на хълбоците. (various references)

Czech		s rukama v bok. (various references)

Farsi		دست بکمرزده . (various references)

Finnish		kädet lanteilla (with hands on hips, with one's arms akimbo). (various references)

French		poings sur hanches (arms akimbo). (various references)

Greek		με τασ χειράσ εισ τα ισχία. (various references)

Hebrew		בי�"ים על �"מות� ים. (various references)

Hungarian		csípõre tett kézzel. (various references)

Indonesian		berkacak pinggang. (various references)

Italian		le mani sui fianchi. (various references)

Manx		laueyn er lheshyn. (various references)

Pig Latin		akimboay

Portuguese		com as mãos nos quadris. (various references)

Romanian		cu mâinile în şolduri. (various references)

Russian		подбоченясь, подбоченившийся. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sa rukama na kukovima, podbočeno, podbočen. (various references)

Spanish		en jarras. (various references)

Swedish		med händerna i sidan. (various references)

Turkish		elleri belinde, eller belde (with arms akimbo). (various references)

Ukranian		руки в боки. (various references)

Vietnamese		chống nạnh. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Akimbo

Misspellings
	"Akimbo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abimbola, Adibo, Akiba, akim, akimboo, akimoto, Akino, Askiba, Kaambi, Kagimbi, Kambou, Kawimbe, Kayumba, Kimbo, Padimbe. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Akimbo"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "akimbo" (pronounced uki"mbō')
3	-m b ō'	combo.
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Anagrams: Akimbo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-k-m-o"
	-2 letters: ambo, amok, bima, iamb, kami, mako, obia.
	-3 letters: abo, aim, ami, bam, bio, boa, kab, koa, kob, koi, mib, moa, mob, oak, obi, oka.
	-4 letters: ab, ai, am, ba, bi, bo, ka, ma, mi, mo, om.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-k-m-o"
	+3 letters: biomarker.
	+4 letters: biomarkers, bookmaking, sjamboking.
	+5 letters: boilermaker, bookmakings, bookmarking, diamondback, embarkation.
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