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What (who) is Elbow - definition
elbow
SYNOVIAL HINGE JOINT BETWEEN THE HUMERUS IN THE UPPER ARM AND THE RADIUS AND ULNA IN THE FOREARM
Elbow joint; Elbows; Elbow Joint; Articulatio cubiti; Carrying angle; Elbow flexion; Cubital joint; Elbow-joint; Anconal; Cubital angle; Elbow examination; Ligament of elbow; Ligaments of elbow; Ligaments of elbows; Ligaments of the elbows; Ligaments of the elbow; Ligament of the elbow; CRITOE
¦ noun
1. the joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
2. a piece of piping or something similar bent through an angle.
¦ verb
1. strike with one's elbow.
(often elbow one's way) move by pushing past people with one's elbows.
2. (often elbow something aside) informal summarily reject or dismiss.
Phrases
give someone the elbow Brit. informal summarily reject or dismiss someone.
up to one's elbows in deeply involved in.
Origin
Elbow
SYNOVIAL HINGE JOINT BETWEEN THE HUMERUS IN THE UPPER ARM AND THE RADIUS AND ULNA IN THE FOREARM
Elbow joint; Elbows; Elbow Joint; Articulatio cubiti; Carrying angle; Elbow flexion; Cubital joint; Elbow-joint; Anconal; Cubital angle; Elbow examination; Ligament of elbow; Ligaments of elbow; Ligaments of elbows; Ligaments of the elbows; Ligaments of the elbow; Ligament of the elbow; CRITOE
·vi To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
II. Elbow ·vt To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
III. Elbow ·noun The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
IV. Elbow ·vi To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
V. Elbow ·noun 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.
VI. Elbow ·noun 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.
elbow
SYNOVIAL HINGE JOINT BETWEEN THE HUMERUS IN THE UPPER ARM AND THE RADIUS AND ULNA IN THE FOREARM
Elbow joint; Elbows; Elbow Joint; Articulatio cubiti; Carrying angle; Elbow flexion; Cubital joint; Elbow-joint; Anconal; Cubital angle; Elbow examination; Ligament of elbow; Ligaments of elbow; Ligaments of elbows; Ligaments of the elbows; Ligaments of the elbow; Ligament of the elbow; CRITOE
I. n.
Angle, bend, turn, flexure.
II. v. a.
Push, crowd, jostle, hustle, shoulder.
III. v. n.
Jostle, hustle, shoulder, crowd, push, push one's way.
Wikipedia
Elbow
The elbow is the region between the arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and the medial epicondyles of the humerus.
Examples of use of Elbow
1. All of this created an atmosphere of contention among the elbow–to–elbow press corps.
2. "As expected, after it opened it was elbow to elbow," the history says.
3. "I know in the heat of the moment people say ‘elbow, elbow‘, it‘s the first reaction.
4. Dr Andrew Wallace, who operated upon Tendulkar‘s left elbow to treat tennis elbow, would conduct the operation.
5. "I can flex my elbow, extend my elbow, open and close my hand with the mere thought of doing it," she said.