From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
jostle
n : the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn:
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:
shove]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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