push, shove, bump; compete with; be crowded, be squeezed together
act of pushing or shoving; push, shove, bump
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Jostle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
(v. i.)
To push; to crowd; to hustle.
To push; to crowd; to hustle.
(n.)
A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
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." systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. taylor.
jostle
\jos"tle\, v. i. to push; to crowd; to hustle. none jostle with him for the wall.
jostle
\jos"tle\, n. a conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. the jostle of south african nationalities and civilization.
Noun
1. the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
(synonym) jostling
(hypernym) shove
(hyponym) elbowing
(derivation) shove
Verb
1. make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"
(hypernym) make, work
(derivation) jostling
2. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
(synonym) shove
(hypernym) push, force
(hyponym) elbow
(derivation) jostling
Jostle Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jostle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A collision is an isolated event in which two or more moving bodies (colliding bodies) exert forces on each other for a relatively short time.
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