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ELBOWING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jostling with the elbows

Example:

elbowing is a foul in basketball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("elbowing" is a kind of...):

jostle; jostling (the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing))

Derivation:

elbow (push one's way with the elbows)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb elbow

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