have elbow to the side, relaxed, like clutching a newspaper
(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"
with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she stood there akimbo"
of de arms, wid de hands on de hips and elbows bent outward. "He stood akimbo and surveyed de wreckage."
of the arms, with the hands on the hips and elbows bent outward. "He stood akimbo and surveyed the wreckage."
Akimbo is "a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward", or "bent"/"bowed" in a more general sense (e.g. "the sailor sat with his legs akimbo").