JOSTLE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." Macaulay. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.

2.
v.

To push; to crowd; to hustle. None jostle with him for the wall. Lamb.

3.
n.

A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. The Nation.

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