I. ˈjäsəl also ˈjȯs- verb
also jus·tle ˈjəs-
( jostled also justled ; jostled also justled ; jostling also justling -s(ə)liŋ ; jostles also justles )
Etymology: jostle alteration of justle; justle freq. of joust (I) , just
intransitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to come into contact or into collision : push and shove
all drift and jostle and barge against one another — J.C.Powys
wanted to get back to the bright lights … to jostle with the crowds — Harold Griffin
(2) : to crowd or push or shove another horse in racing
the stewards may disqualify the winner for crossing or jostling — Dennis Craig
b. : to make one's way by pushing and shoving or crowding
men in pearl-buttoned waistcoasts and flared trousers jostling round the street market — Osbert Lancaster
c. : to exist in close proximity : rub elbows
study of the great groups that have jostled and migrated around America — Priscilla Robertson
survivals of barbaric codes of law jostled with varying mixtures of Roman law, local custom, and violence — R.W.Southern
2.
a. obsolete : to run atilt in a tournament : joust
b. : to vie or struggle in gaining an objective : contend
tribes began to jostle with one another for room — Daniel Defoe
a novel good enough to jostle with the others in the great stream — Douglas Stewart
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to come in contact or into collision with : push and shove against
jostled each other in the dance or at the board — W.M.Thackeray
(2) : to push or shove against (another horse) in racing
b. : to drive or force by or as if by pushing : elbow
shrugged his shoulders and jostled his way out of the hall — John Buchan
c. : to stir up : agitate , disturb
a mind jostled once more into uncertainty — Owen Wister
d. obsolete : to bring into or as if into contact or collision
the churches … clash and jostle supremacies with the civil magistrate — John Milton
e. : to exist in close proximity with : rub elbows with
Europe, where a number of languages jostle each other — D.G.Mandelbaum
fishing vessels lying close-packed at the moorings, jostling each other — Nevil Shute
2. : to vie or struggle with in attaining an objective : contend with
both men were jostling each other for nomination
II. noun
also justle “
( -s )
1. : an encounter that jostles
might glide through … life among them without a jostle — Thomas Jefferson
2.
a. : the state of being crowded and jostled together
away from the hustle and the jostle that ought to have been congenial to me — Max Beerbohm
b. : the act of pushing or shoving in horse racing : interference
the jostle was wholly caused by the fault of some other horse or jockey — Dan Parker