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Definition of Elbow

1. Noun. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

2. Verb. Push one's way with the elbows.

3. Noun. A sharp bend in a road or river.

4. Verb. Shove one's elbow into another person's ribs.

5. Noun. A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.

6. Noun. The part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint. "His coat had patches over the elbows"

7. Noun. The joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow.

Definition of Elbow

1. n. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

2. v. t. To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

3. v. i. To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

Definition of Elbow

1. Noun. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm. ¹

2. Noun. A pipe fitting that turns a corner. ¹

3. Noun. (US obsolete early 20th-century slang) A detective. ¹

4. Verb. To push with the elbow; to jostle or force. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elbow

1. to jostle [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: jostle

Medical Definition of Elbow

1. 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. "Her arms to the elbows naked." (R. Of Gloucester) 2. Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. 3. A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Elbow is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something shaped like, or acting like, an elbow; as, elbow joint; elbow tongs or elbow-tongs; elbowroom, elbow-room, or elbow room. at the elbow, very near; at hand. Elbow grease, energetic application of force in manual labour. Elbow in the hawse, scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. Out at elbow, with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances. Origin: AS. Elboga, elnboga (akin to D. Elleboga, OHG. Elinbogo, G. Ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. Lnbogi; prop.; arm-bend); eln ell (orig, forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st Ell, and 4th Bow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elbow

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Literary usage of Elbow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE BEND OF THE elbow. At the bend of the elbow the brachial artery sinks deeply into a triangular interval, the base of which is ..."

2. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"Dislocations of the elbow Both bones of the forearm may 5 dislocated at the elbow-joint, or either separately. ..."

3. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1922)
"In the elbow-joint, however, ankylosis is usually found in extension of about 160 degrees, in which position the arm is awkward, though not particularly ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"In the first there was an increasing, acute inflammatory swelling on the inner side of the right elbow, about the size of the palm of ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(b) Examination of the elbow and the Forearm The elbow may be the site of any one ... The medical diseases of the region of the elbow include inflammatory ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE BEND OF THE elbow. At the bend of the elbow the brachial artery sinks deeply into a triangular interval, the base of which is ..."

7. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1905)
"Three days later the left elbow began to be sore and painful; ... The day before I saw her she noticed that the hollows of the right elbow began to be sore. ..."

8. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The facts concede that an injury would be likely to happen if the elbow had not been exposed, while the arm continued to rest upon the window-sill in the ..."

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