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UK
/dʒˈɒsəl/
]
[ US /ˈdʒɑsəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɑsəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
come into rough contact with while moving
The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train -
make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
NOUN
- the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
How To Use jostle In A Sentence
- Much of its activity is centred around the riva - the promenade - filled with a jostle of yachts, powerboats and hydrofoils that can ferry you to tiny ports along a coastline dotted with unspoilt beaches and 1,185 islands.
- The tall man jostled him away.
- Huge white tents jostle for space with music stages. Times, Sunday Times
- A horse-drawn tonga keeps stately pace with the latest Mercedes, jostled by cycles and bikes.
- No sign of Dobson and his goon, but one bloke was stock-still on the pavement, keeping his eyes on us even when jostled. THE TARTAN RINGERS
- At malls and huge shopping plazas, you get pushed and jostled.
- The symphony begins with an introduction where ideas jostle against and interrupt one another.
- He jostled his way through a crowd.
- Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall.
- Billboards advertising assorted Americana jostle for position with US-style shopping malls and brash, brutalist hotels.
