Noun
1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
2. a sharp bend in a road or river
3. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
4. the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow;
5. the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
Verb
1. push one's way with the elbows
2. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
Don't hyperextend your elbow.
I've worn through the elbow of this old coat at last.
Elbow pads and knee pads are essential on a skateboard.
She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.
The wounded soldier levered himself up on his elbow and shouted for help.
His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve.
The ambulancemen had to elbow their way through the huge crowd standing round the crashed cars.
He had a patch on the elbow of his jacket.
He jabbed his elbow into my side.
He raised himself on one elbow and looked at the bedside clock.
Keep the dictionary at your elbow so you can use it for reference anytime.
Don't elbow me off the sideway.
When you bend your elbow, you contract the muscles of the arm.
She jabbed him with her elbow.
She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
He lay beside her awkwardly, propped on an elbow.
Surgeons saved a man's arm after it was hacked off at the elbow.
It took a considerable amount of polish and elbow grease before the brass shone like new.
he held me firmly by the elbow and led me to my aisle seat.
I placed his drink on the small table at his elbow.
Billy Ewing grabbed him by the elbow and took him aside.
I may have caught him with my elbow but it was just an accident.
Martin eyed the bottle at Marianne's elbow.
She raised herself on one elbow.
His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.
She broke free by thrusting her elbow into his chest.
Note how smooth the skin of the upper arm is, then compare it to the skin on the elbow.
at one's elbow
close at hand; nearby
elbow-to-elbow
very close together
give someone the elbow
(informal)reject or dismiss someone in a rough, almost contemptuous manner
I tried to get her to give him the elbow.
she decided to give tradition the elbow.
up to one's elbows in
(informal)with one's hands plunged in (something)
I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture.
at (one's) elbow
Close at hand; nearby.
out at the elbows
Poorly dressed.
Lacking money.
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