0 present participle of elbow
1 to push someone rudely with your elbows so that you can move or have more space:
All that you are left with is the grubbier end of market ethics—the elbowing and the jostling around the till—with none of the discipline of profit and loss.
However, it was a debut to forget, as he was sent off within five minutes of entering play elbowing an opponent in the face.
First, move the upper arm backwards as if elbowing someone in the nose.
Physical play in hockey, consisting of allowed techniques such as checking and prohibited techniques such as elbowing, high-sticking, and cross-checking, is inextricably linked to fighting.
Elbowing is a disallowed practice in most combat sports.