elbows

verb

present tense third-person singular of elbow
as in pushes
to force one's way the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party

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Recent Examples of elbows Where the Cayenne’s steering is calibrated so that the road nudges the driver, Bentley’s elbows back at those perturbances. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026 Montana props himself up on a utility stool for our interview, elbows on a wood table, while holding his phone in his hand. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 July 2026 But the Heat landing Giannis elbows its way to the top of our sports marquee. — Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 The mass release of dud studs elbows out fertile males, preventing them from mating with females, which generally only mate once. — ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026 Figures move across these planes in extravagant silhouette, heads tilted just so, fingers stiffly splayed and elbows akimbo. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026 Before the Bride elbows her way into his life, Frank, ever so lonely, retreats into the world of movies. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026 Chase Infiniti elbows into leading actress race Leave it to BAFTA voters to give a shout out one of the year’s biggest breakouts. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026 Lower gently, elbows out 45 degrees, back flat. — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbows
  1. pushes
  2. shoulders
  3. squeezes
  4. muscles
Verb
  • Saudia Cargo will double its fleet, adding four Boeing 777-200F jets over more than two years, as Saudi Arabia pushes to become a logistics hub linking three continents.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When a power user pushes for an extensive, long-form synthesis, the system's optimization guardrails actively fight the input to keep token generation low, sacrificing depth to protect processing margins.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pushes
Verb
  • Elordi nearly shoulders the running time but plays his Hig a bit too humbly.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There are also fears the plan may spark a lawsuit as tensions between the states over who shoulders the cuts bubble over.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoulders
Verb
  • That obviously makes Labor Day a particularly good excuse to mix a cocktail that squeezes a little more out of summer.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • After leaving Vancouver, the route follows the Fraser River through the fertile Fraser Valley and into the Coast Mountains, passing Hell’s Gate, where the river squeezes through a narrow canyon, before arriving in Kamloops for the night.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • Which muscles the farmer’s walk targets The move works nearly the entire body, but leg muscles, the core and shoulder muscles carry most of the load.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • One year later, the XFL muscles its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of muscles

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“Elbows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbows. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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