Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
jostling with the elbows;
- Example: "elbowing is a foul in basketball"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the
Royal Exchange. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the
elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
elbowing
n 1: jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in
basketball"