Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elbowing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the
Royal Exchange. --Macaulay.
{To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the
elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elbowing
n : jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in basketball"
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