jostling

English

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Verb

jostling

1. present participle and gerund of jostle
   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:

     On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.

Noun

jostling (plural jostlings)

1. An act of jostling; a push or shove.

Anagrams

• joltings