jostle
Other forms: jostled; jostles
The verb jostle describes being bumped and pushed in a horde of people — or doing the bumping, like those at a concert who jostle their way to the front, and the people jostled out of their spots when the newcomers arrive.
Jostle describes both what someone does, like an impatient person who jostles other people out of his way on a crowded bus or subway car, and what happens to those victims: They may have their bags and cups of hot coffee jostled out of their hands by the impatient one's pushing and shoving. When you say the word jostle remember to shove the t out of the way because it's silent: "JOSS-ul."
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make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
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come into rough contact with while moving“The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train”
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synonyms:
shove
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types:
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elbow
push one's way with the elbows
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shoulder in
push one's way in with one's shoulders
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elbow
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the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
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Vocabulary lists containing jostle
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