elbow

IPA: ˈɛɫboʊ

(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
(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 with the elbow.
(knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.

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.
(with "out" or "aside") To make someone quit or lose their job so that someone else can get it.

Examples of "elbow" in Sentences

The arm is later amputated to the elbow.
The arm was twisted from the elbow joint.
The arm had to be amputated above the elbow.
Brachioradialis flexes the forearm at the elbow.
The lower arm beneath the elbow is also symmetric.
Bob was wounded in the elbow and later in the chest.
"The back of my elbow is a little tender," Byrd said.
A fractured elbow is nasty, but it could have been worse.
Forelimb distal to the elbow is anaesthetized by this block.
The gauntlet is a glove that covers the hand and arm to the elbow.
The arm is silver from the elbow down, and terminates in clawed fingers.
The elbow pads cover the elbow joint and part of the upper and lower arms.
The Reality Gauntlet is a glove that covers the hand and arm to the elbow.
All of these have their own distinct requirements as far as to where my elbow is pointed.
Clasped along the inside of my elbow is a white elastic fishnet sleeve that holds the apparatus tight against my skin.
I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.
The cast on her elbow is finally off, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wasted no time Thursday swinging back at media reports that she is being sidelined by the White House in shaping U.S. foreign policy.