"elbow" meaning in All languages combined

See elbow on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛlbəʊ/ [UK], /ˈɛlboʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-elbow.ogg [US] Forms: elbow [singular], elbows [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Your elbow is the place in the middle of your arm that bends.
    Sense id: simple-elbow-en-noun-XlwgtXpQ
  2. An elbow is a 90° turn in a pipe, river, road, etc.
    Sense id: simple-elbow-en-noun-jYSEPhqL

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɛlbəʊ/ [UK], /ˈɛlboʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-elbow.ogg [US] Forms: elbow [canonical], elbows [third-person, singular], elbowed [past], elbowed [past, participle], elbowing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you elbow somebody, you hit them with your elbow.
    Sense id: simple-elbow-en-verb-0MYUNvpl
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          "text": "I hurt my elbow playing tennis."
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          "text": "I need another elbow piece to get this pipe round the corner."
        }
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        {
          "text": "My mom elbowed me to be quiet."
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          "text": "I need another elbow piece to get this pipe round the corner."
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