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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

jostle
    n 1: the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn:
         jostle, jostling]
    v 1: make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to
         jostle our way to the front of the platform"
    2: come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers
       jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [syn: jostle,
       shove]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jostle \Jos"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jostled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Jostling.] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf.
   Justle.] [Written also justle.]
   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." --Macaulay.
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         Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral,
         which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jostle \Jos"tle\, v. i.
   To push; to crowd; to hustle.
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         None jostle with him for the wall.       --Lamb.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jostle \Jos"tle\, n.
   A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together;
   interference.
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         The jostle of South African nationalities and
         civilization.                            --The Nation.
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Thesaurus Results for jostle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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