What is the name meaning of ELBOW. Phrases containing ELBOW
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Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Measure for Measure' A simple constable.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle Low German, knÅp, Middle Dutch cnoop, cnop(pe) ‘swelling’, ‘lump’, ‘knob’, ‘button’, ‘glob’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of buttons, normally of horn; a nickname for a small, rotund man; or a topographic name for someone who lived by a rounded hillock.English : from Middle English knop(pe) ‘knob’, ‘protuberance’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with a noticeable wart or carbuncle or with knobbly knees or elbows, or possibly to someone who was small and chubby.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Knop 3.
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a.
Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
v. i.
To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
imp. & p. p.
of Elbow
n.
The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
n.
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.
n.
A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.
v. t.
To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
n.
A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Elbow
n.
Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
n.
A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.
n.
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.
n.
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
v. i.
To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
v. t.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
v. t.
To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
a.
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.
n.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
a.
Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
n.
The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.