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. They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. --Macaulay. {To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
elbowing n : jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in basketball"