Elbowing can be categorized as a verb and a noun.
Verb |
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| elbow - push one's way with the elbows | ||
| elbow - shove one's elbow into another person's ribs | ||
Noun |
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| elbowing - jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in basketball" |
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| 1. | noun | Elbowing is a foul in basketball. | |
| 2. | noun | You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water. | |
| 3. | noun | Talk of devil, and he's presently at your elbow. | |
| 4. | noun | I hurt my elbow. | |
| 5. | noun | I have tennis elbow. | |
| 6. | noun | The leather jacket has worn out at the elbow. | |
| 7. | noun | I found at my elbow a pretty girl. | |
| 8. | noun | It is impolite to elbow one's way through the crowd. | |
| 9. | noun | Somebody's elbow touched my back. | |
| 10. | noun | He lifted his elbow too often. | |
| 11. | noun | She hurt her elbow when she fell down. | |
| 12. | noun | She gave him the elbow yesterday. | |
| 13. | noun | She gave a pluck at my elbow. | |
| 14. | noun | She gave my elbow a little jog. | |
| 15. | noun | My elbow really hurts. I guess I should go to a hospital. | |
| 16. | verb | "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| Elbowing is a foul in basketball. |
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| You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water. | |
| Talk of devil, and he's presently at your elbow. | |
| I hurt my elbow. | |
| I have tennis elbow. | |
| The leather jacket has worn out at the elbow. | |
| I found at my elbow a pretty girl. | |
| It is impolite to elbow one's way through the crowd. | |
| Somebody's elbow touched my back. | |
| He lifted his elbow too often. | |
| She hurt her elbow when she fell down. | |
| She gave him the elbow yesterday. | |
| She gave a pluck at my elbow. | |
| She gave my elbow a little jog. | |
| My elbow really hurts. I guess I should go to a hospital. | |
| verb | |
| "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." | |