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Meanings of
jostle
in English
Catalan
trompada
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The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostling
Catalan
trompada
Portuguese
empurrar
Catalan
empentejar
Spanish
empujar
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Come into rough contact with while moving.
shove
Portuguese
empurrar
Usage of
jostle
in English
1
The iron game goes on; the blue lines
jostle
and crush forward.
2
A motley crowd of men and women
jostle
in the narrow space.
3
Scallop shells
jostle
for position with swollen cherubs, no surface left unadorned.
4
His teammates
jostle
to see who can offer the most incomprehensible advice.
5
And working men may keep the wall, and
jostle
prince and peer.
6
Soldiers carrying riot shields
jostle
into him as they, too, get away.
7
The Weimarians mutter and
jostle
as the Americans herd them closer together.
8
None
jostle
with him for the wall, or pick quarrels for precedency.
9
Ever been carrying something and had someone intentionally, unexpectedly
jostle
your elbow?
10
They
jostle
each other even among us, but never seem to mix.
11
She feared she would
jostle
him and cause him yet more pain.
12
The waver, the
jostle
,
and the hum increased in a tenfold degree.
13
Miranda shook her head and let him
jostle
her down the corridor.
14
Turbulence does more than
jostle
your drink and make you feel ill.
15
Conversations from the night before began to
jostle
uncomfortably in Shadow's head.
16
Shall one herring, then, blame his fellow if his fellow
jostle
him?
Other examples for "jostle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
jostle
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
jostle for
jostle for position
jostle for space
jostle for attention
jostle for power
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Translations for
jostle
Catalan
trompada
empentejar
impel·lir
empentar
empènyer
Portuguese
empurrar
Spanish
empujar
Jostle
through the time
Jostle
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common