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elbow
[ el-boh ]
noun
- the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
- something bent like an elbow, as a sharp turn in a road or river, or a piece of pipe bent at an angle.
- Architecture. crossette.
verb (used with object)
- to push with or as if with the elbow; jostle.
- to make (one's way) by so pushing.
verb (used without object)
- to elbow one's way:
He elbowed through the crowd.
elbow
/ ˈɛəʊ /
noun
- the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
- the corresponding joint or bone of birds or mammals
- the part of a garment that covers the elbow
- something resembling an elbow, such as a sharp bend in a road or river
- at one's elbowwithin easy reach
- out at elbow or out at elbowsragged or impoverished
- up to the elbows with or up to the elbows inbusily occupied with; deeply immersed in
verb
- tr to reject; dismiss. Also: give the elbow
- to make (one's way) by shoving, jostling, etc
- tr to knock or shove with or as if with the elbow
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of elbow1
Idioms and Phrases
- at one's elbow, within easy reach; nearby:
A virtue of the cottage is that the ocean is at your elbow.
- bend / lift / crook an elbow, Informal. to drink alcoholic beverages.
- give the elbow, shove aside, get rid of, or reject.
- out at the elbows, Also out at elbows.
- poorly dressed; shabby.
- impoverished.
- rub elbows with, to mingle socially with; associate with:
a resort where royalty rubs elbows with the merely rich.
- up to one's elbows, very busy; engrossed: Also up to the elbows.
I am up to my elbows in answering mail.
More idioms and phrases containing elbow
- at someone's elbow
- crook one's elbow
- out at the elbows
- rub elbows with
Example Sentences
That day, he suffered an elbow injury that led to a flexor tendon surgery and Tommy John revision, the second major arm procedure of his young MLB career.
Instead, of course, Glasnow became one of the biggest pieces the Dodgers wound up missing last October, after getting shut down in mid-August with elbow tendinitis.
As the 35-year-old now nurses a sore elbow and fine tunes preparations away from public eyes, LIV's top stars this week compete on the circuit's toughest course.
His playing time has been severely curtailed because of tendinitis in both elbows, however, something he attributed to “bat adjustments” made last season.
In the video clip the torn shirt can be seen tied just above an elbow - blood was on his lower arm, trousers and spattered by his seat.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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