(~s, jostling, ~d)
1.
If people ~ you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you.
You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture...
We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping...
She was cheered and clapped by tourists who ~d to see her.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V to-inf, also V way adv/prep, V n prep/adv
2.
If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it.
...the contenders who have been jostling for the top job...
= compete
VERB: V for n