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单词 elbowing
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elbowingn.

/ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ/
Etymology: < elbow v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of thrusting with the elbow; concrete a thrust with the elbow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > with the elbow
nudging1796
elbowing1820
1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Acharnians in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 17 What crowding then and elbowing among them!
1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. iv. 80 I received on the stairs so many shoves and elbowings.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xiv. 229 He pushed his way..with a sort of pleasure in the..elbowing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

elbowingadj.

/ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ/
Etymology: < elbow v. + -ing suffix2.
That thrusts with the elbow; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [adjective] > striking with pushing action > pushing with elbow
elbowing1755
nudging1796
1755 J. Grainger Solitude in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 233 Purse-proud, elbowing Insolence.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 23 The elbowing self-conceit of youth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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