Elbowing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Elbowing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of elbow.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of elbow.
More Meanings
- A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
Example Sentences
But in the elbowings of the noisy throng There is no calm for holiness like thine.
To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…]
Word Forms
- elbowings
Related Words
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