ELBOW

/ˈɛl.bəʊ/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. verb push one's way with the elbows.
  2. verb shove one's elbow into another person's ribs.
  3. noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped. — synonyms: elbow_joint, human_elbow, cubitus, cubital_joint, articulatio_cubiti
  4. noun a sharp bend in a road or river.
  5. noun a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.
  6. noun the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint.
  7. noun the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow.

Examples

  • “the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back”
  • “He elbowed his way through the crowd.”

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