She stood defiantly with arms akimbo.
Source: tatoeba (315827)
Akimbo
//əˈkɪm.bəʊ//
Synonyms for "akimbo" (25 found)
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Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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Translations
34 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- me duart në ijë adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Armenian
1 entries- ձեռքերը կանթած adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Bikol Central
1 entries- sarikaw adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Bulgarian
1 entries- с ръце на кръста adv (with arms akimbo)
Catalan
1 entries- en gerres adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 插腰 adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- 插腰地 adv (with arms akimbo)
Czech
1 entries- s rukama v bok adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Dutch
1 entries- met de handen adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Esperanto
1 entries- mansurkokse adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Estonian
1 entries- puusas adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Finnish
1 entries- kädet lanteilla adv (with arms akimbo)
French
1 entries- poings sur hanches adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Georgian
2 entries- დოინჯშემოყრილი adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- დოინჯშემოყრილი adv (with arms akimbo)
German
3 entries- in die Seiten gestemmt adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- die Arme in die Hüften gestemmt adv (with arms akimbo)
- die Arme in die Seite gestemmt adv (with arms akimbo)
Hungarian
1 entries- csípőre tett kézzel adv (with arms akimbo)
Icelandic
1 entries- með hendur á mjöðmum adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Ilocano
1 entries- nakabannikes adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Indonesian
4 entries- bercekak pinggang adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- bertolak pinggang adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- kecak pinggang adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- pegang pinggang adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Portuguese
3 entries- de mãos nas ancas adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- de mãos à ilharga adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- com as mãos na cintura adv (with arms akimbo)
Russian
1 entries- подбоче́нившись adv (with arms akimbo)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- podbočen adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Spanish
2 entries- en jarras adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
- con los brazos en jarras adv (with arms akimbo)
Swedish
1 entries- höfterfäst adv (with arms akimbo)
Tagalog
1 entries- nakapamaywang adj (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Mother stood arms akimbo.
Source: tatoeba (320878)
"Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, "what are you driving at? Let's have it straight, now."
Source: wiktionary
Girls take hold of the skirts; boys place the hands akimbo, bend forward from the waist, and bow.
Source: wiktionary
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