Complete Definition of "elbow"

English
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Etymology
OE. elnboga, from Germanic, corresponding to ell + bow. Cognate with Dutch elleboog, German Ellbogen.

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/��lb��/
(US) IPA|/��lbo�/
audio|en-us-elbow.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  2. A pipe fitting that turns a corner.

Derived terms
give the elbow|give someone the elbow

Translations
trans-top|joint between upper arm and forearm
Albanian: t-|sq|bërryl|m|xs=Albanian
Armenian: Õ¡Ö�Õ´Õ¸Ö�Õ¶Õ¯ (armunk)
Breton: ilin m
Bulgarian: лак�� (lak�t) m
Catalan: colze m
Croatian: t-|hr|lakat|m
Czech: t-|cs|loket|m
Danish: t+|da|albue
Dutch: elleboog m
Esperanto: t-|eo|kubuto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: küünarnukk
Finnish: kyynärnivel (the joint as an organ), kyynärpää (tip of the elbow)
French: t+|fr|coude|m
German: t+|de|Ellbogen|m
Greek: t+|el|αγκ�να�|m|sc=Grek (agkónas)
Hebrew: �רפק (marpek) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|könyök
Icelandic: t+|is|olnbogi|m
Ido: kudo
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Ilocano: siko
Indonesian: t+|id|siku|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: cubito
Italian: t+|it|gomito|m
Japanese: � (��, hiji)
Korean: ��� (palkkumchi)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ�����
Norwegian: t+|no|albue
Polish: �okie� m
Portuguese: cotovelo m
Romanian: t-|ro|cot|n
Russian: локо�� (lókot�) m
Slovak: lakeť m
Spanish: t+|es|codo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|armbåge|c
Tagalog: siko
Telugu: మ���యి (mOchaeyi)
Turkish: dirsek
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trans-top|pipe fitting
Finnish: t+|fi|mutka
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|колено|n|trkoléno|scCyrl
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Verb
en-verb
#To push with the elbow; to jostle or force.
#:He elbowed his way through the crowd.

See also
elbow grease
elbow juice
elbow room

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