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shaking one's elbow

shaking one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of shake one's elbow.

Meaning of shake one's elbow

Verb

shake one's elbow (third-person singular simple present shakes one's elbow, present participle shaking one's elbow, simple past shook one's elbow, past participle shaken one's elbow)

  1. (archaic, slang) To gamble with dice.
    • When a little after as I passed by (the publick Kitchen just before mentioned) I saw him shaking his Elbow over a Gaming Table.1739, George Whitefield, The Life ... of ... G. W., page 93

Questions about shaking one's elbow

What is shaking one's elbow the present participle and gerund of?
Shaking one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of shake one's elbow.

Words near shaking one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. shaking like a leaf
  2. shaking off
  3. shaking off the dust from one's feet
  4. shaking on it
  5. shaking one's ass
  6. shaking one's elbow
  7. shaking one's head
  8. shaking out
  9. shaking over
  10. shaking palsy
  11. Shaking Quaker

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