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Definition of Jostle
1. Noun. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing).
2. Verb. Make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving. "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"
3. Verb. Come into rough contact with while moving. "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
Generic synonyms: Force, Push
Specialized synonyms: Elbow, Shoulder In
Derivative terms: Jostling, Shove, Shover
Definition of Jostle
1. v. t. To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
2. v. i. To push; to crowd; to hustle.
3. n. A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
Definition of Jostle
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something. ¹
5. Verb. (dated slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets. ¹
6. Noun. An experience in which jostling occurs. ¹
7. Noun. Being crowded or in a condition of jostling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jostle
1. to bump or push roughly [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Medical Definition of Jostle
1. To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." "Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other." (I. Taylor) Origin: A dim. Of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf. Justle Alternative forms: justle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jostle
Literary usage of Jostle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... va to jostle, crook the ¡Hurry, hûr'rè. va & n. to hasten, more Hunchbacked,
... hur'tl. vn to skirmish, jostle Hunger, ..."
2. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"They do not exalt their heads like icebergs,—which by the by are driven away from
the earth, and cluster, or rather jostle, around the Pole; but they flow ..."
3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... v. clash, bump, jostle, collide. justly, adv. honestly, fairly, equitably,
impartially. justness, n. justice, fairness, equity, impartiality, ..."
4. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... please all—Johnson's detracting spirit—Gray—Anecdote of Gray and Johnson—Geniuses
need not jostle each other—Unequal distributions of Providence—Genius ..."
5. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"jostle the feeble steps of trembling age: And when the porter bends beneath his
load. 1659 (?)-1731 Nor let thy sturdy elbow's hasty rage ..."
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