Jostle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove: jostled against the others on the crowded platform.
  • verb-intransitive. To make one's way by pushing or elbowing: jostled through the guests to the bar.
  • verb-intransitive. To vie for an advantage or position.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in close proximity.
  • verb-intransitive. To pick or try to pick pockets.
  • v. To come into rough contact with while moving: messengers who jostle pedestrians on the sidewalk.
  • v. To force by pushing or elbowing: jostled my way through the mob.
  • v. To vie with for an advantage or position.
  • v. To be in close proximity with: "Books written in all languages ... jostle each other on the shelf” ( Virginia Woolf).
  • v. To pick or try to pick the pocket of.
  • n. A rough shove or push.
  • n. The condition of being crowded together.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bump into or brush against while in motion.
  • v. To move through by pushing and shoving.
  • v. To be close to or in physical contact with.
  • v. To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
  • v. To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
  • n. An experience in which jostling occurs.
  • n. Being crowded or in a condition of jostling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
  • verb-intransitive. To push; to crowd; to hustle.
  • n. A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To push against; crowd against so as to render unsteady; elbow; hustle.
  • To check.
  • To hustle; shove and be shoved about, as in a crowd.
  • n. A pushing about or crowding; a shock or encounter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. come into rough contact with while moving
  • n. the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
  • v. make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
  • Verb Form
    jostled    jostles    jostling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    make   
    Form
    jostled    jostling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elbow    hustle    push    crowd    interference    shove    shoulder    elbowing    jostlement   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Apostle    apostle    colossal    docile    fossil    microfossil    postle