elbow
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- (countable) Your elbow is the place in the middle of your arm that bends.
- I hurt my elbow playing tennis.
- (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.
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- (transitive) If you elbow somebody, you hit them with your elbow.
- My mom elbowed me to be quiet.