kimbo

English

Adjective

kimbo (not comparable)

1. 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

kimbo (third-person singular simple present kimbos, present participle kimboing, simple past and past participle kimboed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To position (the arms) akimbo.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• kombi