elbow

== English == === Etymology === 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 albue (“elbow”), Faroese albogi, Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”), Swedish armbåge (“elbow”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛlbəʊ/ (Dialectal, Southern England, West Midlands) IPA(key): [ˈæwbɐw] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛlboʊ/, [ˈɛɫboʊ] Rhymes: -ɛlbəʊ Hyphenation: el‧bow === Noun === elbow (plural elbows) (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm. Synonym: elbow joint (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane. A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow. (knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed) (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist. To strike with the elbow. To nudge, jostle or push. (informal, with "out" or "aside") To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired. ==== Derived terms ==== elbower ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Parts of the knot === References === === Anagrams === Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle == Middle English == === Noun === elbow alternative form of elbowe