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elbow

/ˈɛlbəʊ/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɛlbəʊ/
elbow
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

el - bow -> elbow

Myanmar meaning

(n) (က) တံတောင်(ဆစ်)။ (ခ) အင်္ကျီ တံတောင်ဆစ်။ တံတောင်ဆစ်ချိုး။

Full entry

elbow /'elbǝƱ/ n

၁။ (က) တံတောင်(ဆစ်)။ He sat with his elbows on the table. ❍ He stood quietly at her elbow (ie close beside her). (ခ) အကျႌ တံတောင်ဆစ်။
a jacket patched at the elbows.
၂။ တံတောင်ဆစ်ချိုး။
❏ elbow-grease n [U] (infml ) ပင်ပင်ပန်းပန်း ကာယအလုပ်။ If you used a bit more elbow-grease you could really make those boots shine.
❏ elbow sb out, aside, etc [PHRV ] တံတောင်နှင့် တွက်ပစ် သည်။ He elbowed me out of the way.
❏ elbow-room n [U] ချောင်ချောင်ချိချိလှုပ်သာ လှည့်သာ သောနေရာ။ Stand back—I need more elbow-room.
❏ elbow one's way in, through, etc [PHRV ] တံတောင်နှင့် တွန်းဖယ်တိုးသည်။ He elbowed his way through (the crowd).
❏ give sb/get the elbow [IDM ] (infml ) ထုတ်ပစ်သည်။ ပယ်သည်။ စွန့်သည်။ She gave me the elbow when she started going out with Roger.

More examples
  • She sat with her elbows on the table.
Synonyms
prod, jostle, nudge, ancon, angle, bend, bow, bulldoze, bump, corner, crazy bone, crook, crowd, crutch, curve, dig, fork, funny bone, half turn, hinge, hook, hustle, joint, knock, poke, press, push, push aside, rough and tumble, shoulder, shove, turn
Antonyms
line
Cross references
prodjostlenudgeanconanglebendbowbulldozebumpcornercrazy bonecrookcrowdcrutchcurvedigforkfunny bonehalf turnhingehookhustlejointknockpokepresspushpush aside
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