elbowing

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elbowing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Elbow \El"bow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elbowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Elbowing.]
     To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
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           They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the
           Royal Exchange.                          --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the
        elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
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elbowing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  elbowing
      n 1: jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in
           basketball"