elbow

1. 1.

   push one's way with the elbows

   Broaderjostle
2. 2.

   shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

   Broadernudge

Other forms of elbow

plural

elbows·

past tense

elbowed·

present participle

elbowing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elbow

What does elbow mean?

elbow means "hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elbow?

elbow has 2 syllables: el-bow. The stress falls on "el". In IPA it is /ˈɛlˌboʊ/.

What is another word for elbow?

Close synonyms include elbow joint, human elbow, cubitus, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elbow a common word?

elbow is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elbow?

9 words rhyme with elbow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.