kimbo
English
editAdjective
editkimbo (not comparable)
- Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).
- 1887, Towards the Gulf: A Romance of Louisiana, page 21:
- The gentleman who usually fell into his, with his legs astride the seat, and his arms kimbo on the back, was Mr. Burton, a very small man, who took all the liberties accorded to small people.
Verb
editkimbo (third-person singular simple present kimbos, present participle kimboing, simple past and past participle kimboed)
- (transitive, archaic) To position (the arms) akimbo.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary