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• elbow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ sharp ▪ dislocated, fractured ▪ sore ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Elbow (band) — Elbow Background information Origin Ramsbottom, Bury, England Genres …   Wikipedia

• Elbow Room — Infobox Book name = Elbow Room title orig = translator = image caption = author = Daniel C. Dennett cover artist = country = language = series = subject = Free will genre = Philosophy publisher = MIT Press release date = 1984 media type = pages …   Wikipedia

• Elbow (strike) — An elbow strike (commonly referred to as simply an elbow ) is a strike with the point of the elbow, the part of the forearm nearest to the elbow, or the part of the upper arm nearest to the elbow. Elbows can be thrown sideways similarly to a hook …   Wikipedia

• elbow — el|bow1 [ˈelbəu US bou] n [: Old English; Origin: elboga] 1.) the joint where your arm bends 2.) the part of a shirt etc that covers your elbow 3.) elbow grease informal hard work and effort, especially when cleaning or polishing something 4.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• elbow — [[t]e̱lboʊ[/t]] elbows, elbowing, elbowed 1) N COUNT Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined. He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 2) VERB If you elbow people aside or elbow your way… …   English dictionary

• elbow room — 1) N UNCOUNT Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation. [INFORMAL] His speech won a standing ovation but it was also designed to give himself more political elbow room. Syn: leeway 2) N UNCOUNT If …   English dictionary

• elbow — 1. noun /ˈɛlbəʊ,ˈɛlboʊ/ a) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm. b) A pipe fitting that turns a corner. 2. verb /ˈɛlbəʊ,ˈɛlboʊ/ …   Wiktionary

• elbow — verb he elbowed his way through the crowd Syn: push, shove, force, shoulder, jostle, barge, muscle, bulldoze …   Thesaurus of popular words

• at someone's elbow — at someone’s elbow phrase beside someone Jim was hovering at her elbow, trying to say something. Thesaurus: next to, near to and not far awaysynonym Main entry: elbow * * * at someone s elbow : next to someone : at someo …   Useful english dictionary

• bend one’s elbow — AND bend the elbow; lift one’s elbow tv. to take a drink of an lcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. □ He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. □ Paul gets lots of exercise. He bends his elbow thirty times a day …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions