Definition of Elbowing

1. Noun. Jostling with the elbows. "Elbowing is a foul in basketball"

Generic synonyms: Jostle, Jostling
Derivative terms: Elbow

Definition of Elbowing

1. Verb. (present participle of elbow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elbowing

1. elbow [v] - See also: elbow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elbowing

elbow macaroni
elbow ossification centres
elbow pad
elbow reflex
elbow room
elbowchair
elbowchairs
elbowed
elbowed bougie
elbowed catheter
elbowedness
elbower
elbowers
elbowful
elbowing (current term)
elbowless
elbowlike
elbowroom
elbowrooms
elbows
elcaja
elcesaite
elchee
elchees
elchi
elchis
eld
elden
eldened

Literary usage of Elbowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lavengro; the scholar, the gypsy, the priest by George Henry Borrow (1872)
"A Cloister—Half English—New Acquaintance—Fits of Absence—Turning Papist—Purposes of Charity — Foreign Religion — Melancholy—elbowing and Pushing ..."

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