How do you pronounce elbowing?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛlbˌoʊɪŋ/.

elbowing

/ˈɛlbˌoʊɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of elbow

noun

A nudge or jostle with the elbow.

"To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…]"
"But in the elbowings of the noisy throng There is no calm for holiness like thine."

elbowings (plural)

How to pronounce elbowing

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