Elbow

Quick meaning: Elbow is a noun meaning (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

Meaning

(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

More Meanings

1. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
2. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
3. A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.
4. (knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.
5. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
6. To strike with the elbow.
7. (by extension) 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.

Example Sentences

He elbowed his way through the crowd.

Up to the elbowes naked were there Armes.

the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back

"An elbow, huh?" putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.

Word Forms

• elbows
• elbowing
• elbowed

Synonyms for elbow

Depending on context, synonyms include cubitus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cubitus, neck, arm, hand, shoulder, toe.

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