Meanings
- rareuncountableSynonym of elbow grease.
[F]or unloading in the barn, the hoisting fork is a great saving of time and elbow juice.
1860 July 1, Sullivan D. Harris, “Talk about Harvesting and Tools”, in Ohio Cultivator, volume 16, number 132 more examples
As it turned out, the prairie was not an easy land to tame, the way it looked at first. Everything had to be done with elbow juice, raising the first tents out of bed sheets sewn together, digging the soddy before winter came, a mud house with a mud floor dug into a coulee hillside.
1956, Holger Cahill, The Shadow of my Hand, Harcourt Brace, page 64"Get the pitchfork there. Start by the fence and don't be afraid to invest a little elbow juice."
2004, Malahat Review, Issues 146-149, page 36Synonyms: elbow grease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of elbow grease.
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elbow juice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elbow%20juice
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