Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.

    He elbowed his way through the crowd.

    ellbögeln, but see mit dem Ellbogen stoßen

    push one's way with the elbows

  2. To strike with the elbow.

  3. To nudge, jostle or push.

  4. (informal)To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.

    The president was elbowed out of power by members of her own party.

Examples

166 sentences

  1. Tom wanted some more elbow room.

    Том хотів більше місця для ліктів. — deniko

    deTom wollte etwas mehr Ellenbogenfreiheit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Don't put your elbows on the table.

    Не клади лікті на стіл. — deniko

    ruНе клади локти на стол. — averoes

    deStütze deine Ellenbogen nicht auf den Tisch. — Yorwba

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  3. I grabbed Tom by the elbow.

    Я схопив Тома за лікоть. — deniko

    ruЯ схватил Тома за локоть. — whatnot

    deIch packte Tom am Ellenbogen. — Esperantostern

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  4. I hurt my elbow.

    Я ушкодив лікоть. — deniko

    ruЯ ушиб локоть. — odexed

    deIch habe mir am Ellbogen wehgetan. — Sudajaengi

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  5. He elbowed me in the ribs.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to push with the elbow:

Origin

From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Pro

From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål albue (“elbow”), Norwegian Nynorsk olboge (“elbow”), Faroese albogi, Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”), Swedish armbåge (“elbow”).

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Forms

elbows, elbowing, elbowed, elbowed
Base formelbow · to elbow
3rd person singularelbows
Present participleelbowing
Past simpleelbowed
Past participleelbowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyelbow
he, she, itelbows

Past simpleLesson

all personselbowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave elbowed
he, she, ithas elbowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill elbow

Word family

1 related words
Relatedelbowing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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