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How to pronounce “akimbo”
Hear “akimbo” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for akimbo
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of akimbo with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Broadway's Kimberly Akimbo
So "Kimberly Akimbo" is a Broadway musical
- Definition summary
- (of the arms) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce akimbo
Broadway's Kimberly Akimbo
So "Kimberly Akimbo" is a Broadway musical
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “akimbo”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (of the arms) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
- (of the legs) With legs spread and the knees bent in an outward or awkward way, sometimes with the feet touching.
- [Adverb]
- Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
- Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
- [Verb]
- (video games, slang, transitive) To wield (two weapons), one in each hand.
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