crazy bone
crazy bone noun: the funny bone; the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
Noun
crazy bone (plural crazy bones)
- The funny bone; the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
- I have seen a person in England, who had touched a torpedo; and he said the shock it gave him, was like striking that tender part of the elbow, which we call the crazy bone, very hard indeed;1830, Mrs. John Farrar, The Children's Robinson Crusoe, page 318
- My hand was at his elbow, my fingers just at the indentation of his elbow, just about where you bump the nerve point everyone calls the “crazy-bone”.2008, Thomas S. Purtell, Natural Martial Arts, page 34
Forms of crazy bone
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Questions about crazy bone
- What does crazy bone mean?
- Crazy bone means the funny bone; the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
- What part of speech is crazy bone?
- Crazy bone is a noun.
- What is the plural of crazy bone?
- The plural of crazy bone is crazy bones.
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