Meaning

3 senses
  1. A hit to the elbow; also, an injury to the elbow caused by such a hit.

  2. A hit or jab made with the elbow.

  3. The touching of elbows between two people, sometimes as an alternative to a handshake, fist bump, or other form of contact when attempting to avoid the spread of germs.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From elbow + bump, modelled on fist bump.

From elbow + bump, modelled on fist bump.

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Forms

plural: elbow bumps
Singularelbow bump
Pluralelbow bumps

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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