elbow

Noun

Singular elbow

Plural elbows

Tilo gwiwar hannu

Jam'i gwiwowin hannaye

1. (countable) Your elbow is the place in the middle of your arm that bends.

   I hurt my elbow playing tennis.

2. (countable) An elbow is a 90° turn in a pipe, river, road, etc.

   I need another elbow piece to get this pipe round the corner.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) elbow

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) elbows

Past tense (ya wuce) elbowed

Past participle (ya wuce) elbowed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) elbowing

Elbowing in a soccer game

1. (transitive) If you elbow somebody, you hit them with your elbow. <> zungura
   • Synonym: jab

   My mom elbowed me to be quiet.

See also

• joint