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▪ I. elbowing, vbl. n.|ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ| [f. elbow v. + -ing1.] The action of thrusting with the elbow; concr. a thrust with the elbow.
1820T. Mitchell Aristophanes I. 17 What crowding then and elbowing among them! 1846W. S. Landor Imag. Conv. I. 17, I received on the stairs many shoves and elbowings. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola I. i. xiv. (1880) 188 He pushed his way..with a sort of pleasure in the..elbowing. ▪ II. elbowing, ppl. a.|ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ| [f. elbow v. + -ing2.] That thrusts with the elbow; also fig.
1767Grainger Solitude (T.), Purse proud, elbowing Insolence. 1871Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 23 The elbowing self-conceit of youth. |