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elbow shakes

elbow shakes is the plural of elbow shake.

Meaning of elbow shake

Noun

elbow shake (plural elbow shakes)

  1. Synonym of elbow bump (“touching of elbows as alternative to a handshake”).
    • Cholera spread can be reduced by modifying behaviour, especially handshakes. During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 people stopped shaking hands and used the “Ebola elbow shake”.2017 August 10, Kimani Wanjeri, “Handshakes must be banned or minimised”, in Daily Nation
    Synonyms:
    elbow bump

Questions about elbow shakes

What is elbow shakes the plural of?
Elbow shakes is the plural of elbow shake.

Words near elbow shakes in the dictionary

  1. elbow rim
  2. elbow rims
  3. elbow room
  4. elbow scissors
  5. elbow shake
  6. elbow shakes
  7. elbow sleeve
  8. elbow sleeves
  9. elbow tap
  10. elbow taps
  11. elbow to elbow

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