Elbowing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elbow \El"bow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elbowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Elbowing}.]
     To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
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           They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the


           Royal Exchange.                          --Macaulay.
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     {To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the
        elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elbowing
       n : jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in basketball"