elbow

Noun

Singular elbow

Plural elbows

Tilo gwiwar hannu

Jam'i gwiwowin hannaye

1. (countable) Your elbow is the place in the middle of your arm that bends.
   • Synonym: funny bone

   I hurt my elbow playing tennis.

2. (countable) An elbow is a 90° turn in a pipe, river, road, etc.

   I need another elbow piece to get this pipe round the corner.

   There’s no pain quite like the one you experience when you hit your funny bone. [1] <> Ba zafin da ya fi wanda kake ji idan hannunka ya sage a duk lokacin da ka buge gwiwar hannun. [2]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) elbow

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) elbows

Past tense (ya wuce) elbowed

Past participle (ya wuce) elbowed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) elbowing

1. (transitive) If you elbow somebody, you hit them with your elbow. <> zungura
   • Synonym: jab

   My mom elbowed me to be quiet.

See also

• joint