jostle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jostle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jostle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jostle n the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: jostle, jostling] v make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" Synonym(s): jostle, shove
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jostle \Jos"tle\, v. i. To push; to crowd; to hustle. None jostle with him for the wall. --Lamb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jostle \Jos"tle\, n. A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. --The Nation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Bullies jostled him.[b8] --Macaulay. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor.