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elbow shake

noun

Etymology

Modeled on handshake.

Definitions

  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”.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA