Meaning of elbow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
2. cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand)
3. Close at hand; nearby.
4. 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.
   broadly
5. codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm)
6. the joint where the arm bends. He leant forward on his elbows. elmboog كوع лакът cotovelo loket der Ellbogen albue αγκώναςcodo küünarnukk آرنج kyynärpää coudeמרפק कुहनी lakat könyök siku olnbogi gomito ひじ 팔꿈치 alkūnė elkonis siku elleboogalbuełokieć څنګل، لېڅ، كږليچى، پېچومى cotovelo cot локоть lakeť komolec lakat armbåge ศอก dirsek 肘 лікоть کہنی khuỷu tay 肘
7. A detective.
   US, dated
8. selfish, avaricious, stingy
9. to push with the elbow. He elbowed his way through the crowd. met die elmboog stamp يَشُقُّ طَريقَه бутам с лакът acotovelar razit si mit den Ellbogen drängen albue; skubbe σπρώχνω με τους αγκώνες dar un codazo küünarnukiga tõukama کنار زدن؛ با آرنج راه خود را باز کردن työntää kyynärpäällä jouer des coudes לִדחוֹף עִם הַמַרפֵק कुहनी से, धक्का देना, धकेलना laktariti se tolakodik menyiku olnboga sig áfram, troðast dare gomitate, farsi largo a gomitate ひじで押す 팔꿈치로 밀치다 stumtis alkūnėmis izlauzt ce...
10. Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
11. space enough for doing something. Get out of my way and give me some elbow-room! speling, ruimte مُتَّسَع من الوَقْت простор espaço para agir volný prostor die Bewegungsfreiheit albuerum; handlefrihed χώρος, άνεση κινήσεων espacio liikumisruum فضای کافی؛ جای بسنده liikkumavara de la place מָקוֹם מְרוּוָח पर्याप्त स्थान slobodan prostor za kretanje mozgástér ruangan olnbogarÿmi libertà d'azione, spazio per muoversi ゆとり 팔꿈치를 자유롭게 움직일 수 있는 여유 erdvė, vieta pietiekama telpa (kādai darbībai) cukup ...
12. A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.
13. close to one. The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow. byderhand في مُتَناوَل اليَد под ръка à mão u ruky bei der Hand ved siden af sig από κοντά, παραμάσχαλα a mano käeulatuses در دسترس؛ نزدیک kainalossaan à portée de la main קרוב מאוד बगल में रखना pri ruci keze ügyében van dekat við höndina a portata di mano 手近に 가까이에 po ranka pie rokas; tuvu di samping naast zich for hånden, like ved pod ręką نژدی à mão lângă el, la îndemână под рукой pri ruke pri roki kraj sebe tätt inti...
14. Two nearby crossings of a rope.
15. codo;___ joint → coyuntura del ___;
16. The joint or bend of the arm between the forearm and the upper arm.
17. A joint, as of a bird or quadruped, corresponding to the human elbow.
18. Something having a bend or angle similar to an elbow, especially:a. A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.
19. To push, jostle, or shove with the elbow: elbowed me in the ribs to get me to stop laughing.

Equivalents

Examples

“Up to the elbowes naked were there Armes.”

“Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."”

“the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back”

“The water runs down with a strong, sharp stickle, and then has a sudden elbow in it, where the small brook trickles in; and on that side the bank is steep, four or it may be five feet high, overhanging loamily; […]”

“"An elbow, huh?" putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.”

“In the fair dinkum department that elbow prop Barrie McDermott threw into the face of Paul Sironen deserved to get him four months on the side-lines[.]”

“England ran Tunisia ragged in that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances when Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot against the run of play after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.”

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