elbow
elbow is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
- noun. Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
- noun. A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
- transitive verb. To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
- intransitive verb. To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
- intransitive verb. To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
- noun. the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
- noun. the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint
"his coat had patches over the elbows"
- noun. a sharp bend in a road or river
- noun. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
- noun. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- verb. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
- verb. push one's way with the elbows
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in elbow:
Common word forms
elbows, elbowed, elbower, elbowing
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