Definitions for elbow grease
el·bow grease

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1. effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweatnoun

   use of physical or mental energy; hard work

   "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

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1. elbow greasenoun

   Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.

2. Etymology: From elbow + grease

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1. elbow grease

   John Felix Anthony Cena ( SEE-nə; born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper. He is currently signed to WWE where he makes part-time appearances. With a career spanning over 20 years, Cena has been widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.Cena moved to California in 1998 to pursue a career as a bodybuilder, and switched to professional wrestling in 1999 before making his debut for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW). He signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002) in 2001 and was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. After moving to SmackDown in 2002, Cena gained fame and success after adopting the character of a trash-talking rapper. After winning the WWE Championship in 2005, Cena transitioned into a clean-cut, heroic character which he described as a "goody-two shoes Superman". He led the company as its franchise player and public face for the next decade.A joint-record 16-time world champion, Cena has won the WWE Championship a record-setting 13 times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times. He is also a five-time WWE United States Champion, a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion, a two-time Royal Rumble winner, and a one-time Money in the Bank winner. He has also headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-view events, including its flagship event, WrestleMania, five times. His professional wrestling career has been met with mixed critical and audience reception, with praise for his character work and promotional skills, but criticism for his perceived over-representation and on-screen dominance relative to other wrestlers.Cena first starred in The Marine (2006), and gained praise for his performances in Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers, and Bumblebee (both 2018). He starred in F9 (2021) as Jakob Toretto, the brother of Dominic and Mia, and portrayed Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad (2021) and the eponymous television series (2022–present). His debut studio album, You Can't See Me (2005), was certified platinum. Outside his work in entertainment, Cena is known for his involvement in numerous charitable causes, namely with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has granted the most wishes at over 650.

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1. elbow grease

   Elbow grease refers to hard physical work, particularly manual labor that requires strength and effort. It's often used in the context of tasks such as cleaning or polishing, suggesting vigorous or dedicated scrubbing or similar physical work. The phrase is idiomatic and not related to any literal type of grease.

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1. Elbow grease

   Elbow grease is an idiom for working hard at manual labour, as in "You need to use some elbow grease." It is a humorous reflection of the fact that some tasks can only be achieved by hard effort and human energy, contrasting with the idea that there should be some special oil, tool or chemical product to make the job easier. It has also been used as a practical joke by a master tradesperson on apprentices, e.g. "Go fetch some elbow grease from him." Each tradesperson will say someone else has the elbow grease and send the unwitting apprentice on to another master tradesperson. The snipe hunt will continue until the apprentice gives up, catches on or runs out of people/places to search. In the United States Navy, the "Elbow Grease" prank has a practical purpose. It requires collusion between senior petty officers and the Supply Department. A young sailor is given an official supply requisition for "Grease, Elbow" by his supervisor. The supply clerks send him from one store room to another on the ship, then the last store room clerk informs the sailor that he just yesterday issued the last tub of "elbow grease" to the engine room. The sailors in the engine room tell him that they only needed a little of the stuff, and that the signal bridge needed the rest of it, so they gave it to the signal bridge. By the time the sailor figures it out, he's had a complete tour of his ship.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elbow grease in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elbow grease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of elbow grease in a Sentence

1. Antwon Stephens:

   I think it is going to take a whole lot of elbow grease to keep this movement going strong, but this movement is most powerful because it’s led by students.

2. Chris Galarza:

   It’s not true at all that gas stoves cook better, in fact, you can cook about 38.6 pounds of food per hour with your gas range, and it’s going to take time and elbow grease to clean and degrease it afterward. With induction, you can cook 70.9 pounds of food per hour – nearly double the amount of food – and your clean up is going to be a lot easier.

3. Chef Chris Galarza:

   It’s not true at all that gas stoves cook better, in fact, you can cook about 38.6 pounds of food per hour with your gas range, and it’s going to take time and elbow grease to clean and degrease it afterward. With induction, you can cook 70.9 pounds of food per hour – nearly double the amount of food – and your clean up is going to be a lot easier.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=elbow grease
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elbow_Grease
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_Grease
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5. ^ Wikidata
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