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Meaning of Elbowing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A nudge or jostle with the elbow.

Equivalents

العربية الدّفع
Suomi kyynärpäätaklaus kyynärpäätaktiikka tuuppiminen

Examples

“To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…]”
“But in the elbowings of the noisy throng There is no calm for holiness like thine.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Elbowroom Elbows Elbrus Elburg Elburton ELBW

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