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to jostle
01
push or shove to make one's way through a crowd
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
jostle
3rd person singular
jostles
Present participle
jostling
Past simple
jostled
Past participle
jostled
Examples
He had to jostle through the packed station.
02
bump into or collide roughly while moving
Transitive: to jostle sb/sth
Intransitive
Examples
He accidentally jostled her in the hallway.
Jostle
01
a push or shove, especially when forcing a way through a crowd
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
jostles
Examples
A sudden jostle made her drop her bag.
02
a crowded situation with people pushing against each other
Examples
The jostle at the entrance made it hard to get inside.
Lexical Tree
jostling
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