1 the joint between the upper and lower parts of the arm where it bends in the middle:
She jabbed him with her elbow. * He rested his elbows on his knees. * She grazed her elbow in the fall. * He's fractured his elbow.
2 the part of a piece of clothing that covers the elbow:
The jacket was worn at the elbows.
3 a part of a pipe, chimney, etc. where it bends at a sharp angle
IDIOMS
get the elbow (BrE, informal) to be told by sb that they no longer want to have a relationship with you; to be told to go away
give sb the elbow (BrE, informal) to tell sb that you no longer want to have a relationship with them; to tell sb to go away
moreatKNOWv., POWERn., RUBv.
verb [VN] [usually +adv./prep.] to push sb with your elbow, usually in order to get past them:
She elbowed me out of the way to get to the front of the line. * He elbowed his way through the crowd.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for elbow is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is elbow a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, elbow is tagged as noun.
Does elbow appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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