See Also: elbow(medicine)
Elbow, tip of the(health)
tip of elbow(medicine)
Elbow(health)
elbow(1)(dictionary)
elbow(2)(dictionary)
nursemaid's elbow(medicine)
pain, elbow(medicine)
tennis elbow(medicine)
miner's elbow(medicine)

elbow(1) (iou)



elbow noun.

The outer, bony part of the arm at the place where it bends; the part of a garment that covers this. Also, the elbow-joint. OE.
b. The analogous part in the shoulder or hock of a quadruped. E17.
c. A (usu. temporary) loss of dexterity and accuracy in a tennis player's racket arm. Usu. preceded by the. L20.
Something resembling an elbow; spec. (a) a sharp bend in a road, river, etc.; (b) a projecting corner; (c) Mechanics a piece of piping etc. bent through an angle. L16.
An arm of a chair, made to rest the elbow on. obsolete exc. in elbow chair below. E17.
Phrases: at one's elbow close at hand. bend one's elbow: see BEND verb. crook one's elbow: see CROOK verb 1. give the elbow, give the big elbow colloq. send away, dismiss, or reject (a person). lift one's elbow: see LIFT verb. more power to your elbow etc.: see POWER noun. out at elbows worn out, threadbare; scruffy; poor. not know one's arse from one's elbow: see ARSE noun 1. rub elbows: see RUB verb. rub the elbow show oneself pleased. shake one's elbow: see SHAKE verb. tennis elbow: see TENNIS noun. up to the elbows colloq. busily engaged in.
Comb.: elbow chair (Hist. exc. US): with supports for the arms; elbow-grease joc. vigorous rubbing; hard manual work or physical effort; elbow-joint: between the humerus in the upper arm and the radius and ulna in the forearm; elbow-length adjective (of a sleeve or garment) reaching to the elbow; elbow-pad: for protecting the elbow of a garment against wear or the elbow of a person against injury; elbow-room colloq. (adequate) space to move or work in; elbow-sleeve: reaching only to the elbow.