Definition of Elbow

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Definition of Elbow

Elbow

The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

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.

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.

To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

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Elbow Quotations

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
George W. Bush

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.
Roald Dahl

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Thomas Carlyle

I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
Geena Davis

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.
Richard Krajicek

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.
Jim Capaldi

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things.
Richard Krajicek

The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area.
Karen Duffy

It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.
Carly Patterson

Elbow Translations

elbow in Danish is albue
elbow in Dutch is elleboog
elbow in French is coude
elbow in German is Ellenbogen
elbow in Italian is gomito
elbow in Norwegian is albue
elbow in Portuguese is cotovelo
elbow in Spanish is codo

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