elbow

Forms

1.The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
- Up to the elbowes naked were there Armes.
2.Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
3.Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
4.A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.

1.To nudge, jostle or push.
- Suddenly and with all her heart Kate longed to be home, back at the homestead, to participate in the rambunctious toss and jostle as breakup elbowed its way into the Park.
2.To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.(informal)
- The president was elbowed out of power by members of her own party.
3.To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
- He elbowed his way through the crowd.
4.To strike with the elbow.
- Trumper elbowed me in the ribs and made a sign with his head. He seemed irritated now by our delay.
- She looked round for Vera, but could not see her, and in the process of wriggling through the heaving crowd was elbowed in the eye. The blow acted like a spur, putting one thought in her head … to escape.

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From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow.