akimbo adjective or adverb / uh-KIM-boh/ What It Means 1: having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward2: set in a bent positiona tailor sitting with legs akimbo The model, arms akimbo, struck a pose at the end of the runway. SYNONYMS jagged V-shaped Y-shaped crooked crotched divaricate forked oblique sharp-cornered skewed…