elbowed

UK /ˈɛlbəʊd/ US /ˈɛlboʊd/

adj 3

Collocations

VERB + ELBOWED

avoided

ELBOWED + NOUN

grandad, lawyer, rima, way, writings, years

PREP.

in, onto, through

ADV.

accidentally, such, wildly

adj

Having bends or corners.

With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

Having some specific type of elbow.

Sharp-elbowed: pushy, having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.

Justices in the past have avoided such elbowed writings because their benefits have been seen as smaller than their risks.

With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

Wiktionary

Justices in the past have avoided such elbowed writings because their benefits have been seen as smaller than their risks.

Wiktionary

He elbowed me in the ribs.

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He elbowed his way through the crowd.

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She elbowed her way onto the train.

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Tom elbowed his way through the crowd.

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i Register

In some senses, elbowed is marked as informal, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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