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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kimboadjective

    Crooked; bent; arched.

    Etymology: a schembo, Italian.

    The kimbo handles seem with bears-foot carv’d,
    And never yet to table have been serv’d. John Dryden, Virgil.

    He observed them edging towards one another to whisper; so that John was forced to sit with his arms a kimbo, to keep them asunder. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

Wikipedia

  1. Kimbo

    Kevin Ferguson (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, bare-knuckle boxer, professional wrestler, and actor. He became noted for his role in mutual combat street fight videos which were spread online, leading Rolling Stone to call him "The King of the Web Brawlers".Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. He competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to eventual series winner Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale. In January 2015, he signed a contract with Bellator MMA. He died suddenly in 2016.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kimboadjective

    crooked; arched; bent

  2. Etymology: [Cf. Akimbo.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kimbo

    kim′bo, n. Same as Akimbo.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kimbo in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kimbo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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