elbowing is a foul in basketball.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : He elbowed through the crowd.    From Dictionary.com. 

(served by Michel Ouellet) too many men minor PIT 19: 57 Evgeni Malkin elbowing minor.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Hockey - Pittsburgh vs. Washington] Reference

Rio Ferdinand faces three-match ban as FA charge Manchester United star for 'elbowing'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

If you don't remember, Cole Aldrich fouled out of the game after "elbowing" Damion James.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansan.com stories] Reference

Rio Ferdinand faces three-match ban as FA charge Manchester United star for 'elbowing' Hull winger.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to AC Milan track Joe Cole as Chelsea star waits on new deal at Stamford Bridge] Reference

Is laying in some hard knees to the back of Etim but the referee warns him to stop 'elbowing' Etim in the spine.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOXSports.com News] Reference

Before this interview, I'd tuned in to Terry's breakfast show to hear him having fun at the BBC's expense for 'elbowing' him out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

CHETRY: It's from me elbowing him all of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2007] Reference

"Hello!" said Phil, elbowing his way through the crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucile Triumphant] Reference

And a little bit of elbowing, a little bit of jockeying.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Democratic National Convention: President's Clinton Keynote Address to Focus on Economy and Share Credit With Gore - August 14, 2000] Reference

And then stand in the jammed and elbowing cross-town car.    From Wordnik.com.  [Working With the Working Woman] Reference

Where is the wall we were lately elbowing out of the way?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter] Reference

ROMANO: Yes, but no one's going to be elbowing you for the great deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2005] Reference

Tonight, the elbowing, kicking, hair-pulling mean girl soccer player speaks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009] Reference

And new powerbrokers in Congress are elbowing each other for leadership spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2006] Reference

"I'll take one," shouted a fashionably dressed man, elbowing his way to the front.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Little Brown House] Reference

It's like President Obama showed up, elbowing aside the lazier angels of my nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spring Unleashes Inner Mr(s). Clean] Reference

Everyone from the media were hitting each other, elbowing one another, looking around.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2004] Reference

ORLANDI: And when you say messing around, does that in a stick practice mean elbowing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2002] Reference

"How could you make me better, Suzanna?" she asked, after a time, curiosity elbowing pride aside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference

"Wait a minute!" cried Vi, elbowing her way to a place in the front ranks of the six little Bunkers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's] Reference

The guests thought the King had lost his wits, and went about elbowing one another, and laughing at him.    From Wordnik.com.  [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference

Narrow aisles snaked among benches and clustered tables around which boisterous, elbowing humanity teemed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference

With spring elbowing out winter for good, I'm finally getting serious about spring cleaning and organizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spring cleaning: How long to keep tax returns, other documents?] Reference

The article implies, against established evidence, that illegal immigrants are elbowing citizens out of jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nasty Turn On Immigrants] Reference

The candidates are off and running, elbowing one another and stumbling a lot as they race for the White House.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2007] Reference

He then walked toward the house, elbowing himself through the constantly increasing crowd, and reached the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference

As the candidates await what happens in Florida, they're moving on with their strategies for elbowing each other out.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008] Reference

At the crossings fakirs were busy, their customers good-naturedly elbowing each other in their eagerness to be swindled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference

I mean, there were all those weeks where people were just elbowing each other out of the way to get her out of the race.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 4, 2008] Reference

In our century even faith is progressive, and does not shrink from elbowing its way through what Bunyan would have styled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference

With "soft money" flowing so freely, how do we prevent wealthy foreigners and corporations from elbowing aside our own fat cats?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Asian Connection] Reference

If the inspectors can see what they want to see without a lot of elbowing and constraints, then the disarmament goal might be achieved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captiol Letter: Sidetracked] Reference

The friends of youth die, and a new, strange, pushing generation that knows not the old man, comes elbowing him aside and taking his place.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference