Noun He wore a tattered coat with holes in the elbows. Verb The actor's bodyguards rudely elbowed everyone out of the way. Everyone was shoving and elbowing to get a good position.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Drop your hip and shift your torso to rotate one knee to touch the opposite elbow, keeping your arms extended and your core braced. Brett Williams, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022 Picked off three times and buried for minus-49 yards on those seven sacks, this wasn't the way the Rams QB should be nursing a balky elbow – though his arm looked just fine. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Parker was hit in the eye in the first quarter by Thomas’ elbow, and Copper took a knee to the body from Williams in the third quarter and was down along the baseline for a few minutes. Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Matthew Stafford is playing through right elbow tendinitis, and John Wolford is nursing a right thumb injury. Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 But with a football tucked in the crook of his elbow, Robinson, a senior, is not so kind. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 Nadler also sought to characterize Maloney as a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic, a particularly sharp elbow to be thrown during the pandemic. Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2022 And, of course, there’s lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow — now pickleball elbow. Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 And, of course, there’s lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow — now pickleball elbow. Matt Richtel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
Verb
Conklin is officially listed as questionable on the team’s Friday injury report along with fellow tackle Chris Hubbard (elbow) and rookie wide receiver Michael Woods II (illness). Dan Labbe, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 The Rays tried to elbow their way back into the game in the bottom of the fifth when Brandon Lowe hit a leadoff double off McCarty. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 31 July 2022 Images of folks at Daytona Beach in 1909 show smiling sunbathers covered from ankle to elbow.Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2022 Her white male classmates would slyly elbow her books off the long library tables, and once, while standing at her locker, a classmate waved a ten-thousand-dollar tuition check, signed by his father, in her face. Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022 The white patches are nearly gone from her face and elbow, and are easily covered with make up. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 Wrap the bandage quickly from an area just above the bite past the knee or elbow joint, immobilizing it. Miles Blumhardt, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022 One of the adults, a University Heights man, 18, who was the victim, was treated by paramedics for minor injuries to his mouth, hand and elbow.cleveland, 15 June 2022 Zajonc allegedly struck the women with his closed fist or elbow, and in one case, allegedly shoved a woman to the ground. Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, from el- (akin to eln ell) + Old English boga bow — more at ell, bow
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a