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US
/ˈdʒɑsəɫɪŋ, ˈdʒɑsɫɪŋ/
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[ UK /dʒˈɒslɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɒslɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
How To Use jostling In A Sentence
- Cart-horses furbished up for sale, with straw-bound tails and glistening skins; 'baaing' flocks of sheep; squeaking pigs; bullocks with their heads held ominously low, some going, some returning, from the auction yard; shouting drovers; lads rushing hither and thither; dogs barking; everything and everybody crushing, jostling, pushing through the narrow street. Hodge and His Masters
- There's a bit of nudging and jostling while they get comfortable on their roost, but then suddenly the twittering stops as though a conductor drops his baton after the final note, then silence.
- When sprinters are jostling for position races are won and lost in a split second. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
- A crowd of British apparel makers is now jostling to join it. Times, Sunday Times
- I was transfixed by the jostling crowds, the blasting horns.
- Suddenly, the hurdling landscape is vibrant, young pretenders jostling for prominence in a fascinatingly fluid cast. Times, Sunday Times
- People can be spotted jostling around and vying with each other to have their bags full of commodities.
- Posters have been put up in response to complaints of queue-jumping, jostling and barging in the rush to claim the best seats. Times, Sunday Times
- But by 6 pm, invaders had already taken over the band, jostling, pushing and elbowing anyone in their path, forcing reluctant revelers to the sides of the road.
- For real, a mussy-headed teenage boy whispered, jostling his mother in the next row. Lauren Gunderson: I Heart Hamlet