jostle

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WOTD - 12 April 2009    

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Originally justle (“‘to have sex with’”), formed from jousten + -tle; from the Old French joster (“‘to joust’”), from Latin iuxtā (“‘next to’”) from iungō (“‘join, connect’”).

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to jostle

Third person singular
jostles

Simple past
jostled

Past participle
jostled

Present participle
jostling

to jostle (third-person singular simple present jostles, present participle jostling, simple past and past participle jostled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion.
  2. (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
  3. (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with.
  4. (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
  5. (dated slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.

[edit] Translations

bump into or brush against while in motion
move through by pushing and shoving
be close to or in physical contact with
contend or vie in order to acquire something
pick or attempt to pick pockets
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  • Chinese: 挤入 (simpilified)

[edit] Noun

Singular
jostle

Plural
jostles

jostle (plural jostles)

  1. An experience in which jostling occurs.
  2. Being crowded or in a condition of jostling.

[edit] Translations

experience in which jostling occurs
being crowded
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