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jostle verb [ ˈdʒɒs(ə)l ]

• push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.
• "he was jostled by passengers rushing for the gates"
Similar: bump into/against, knock into/against, bang into, collide with, cannon into, plough into, jolt, push, shove, elbow, hustle, mob, barrel into, thrust, barge, force, squeeze, shoulder, bulldoze, struggle, vie, jockey, scramble, crowd one another, scrum,

jostle noun

• the action of jostling.
• "the jostle of shoppers"
Origin: late Middle English justle, from just, an earlier form of joust. The original sense was ‘have sexual intercourse with’; current senses date from the mid 16th century.


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