Definition of Jotle
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.
Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and
moral, which are perpetually jostling each other.
I. Taylor.
Jos"tle, v. i. To push; to crowd;
to hustle.
None jostle with him for the wall.
Lamb.
Jos"tle, n. A conflict by
collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
The jostle of South African nationalities and
civilization. The Nation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to bump into or brush against while in motion
- to move through by pushing and shoving
- to be close to or in contact with
- to pick or attempt to pick pockets
- to contend with physically in order to procure something
- an experience in which jostling occurs
- being crowded or in a contition of jostling
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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