Jostling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jostle \Jos"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jostled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jostling}.] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See {Joust}, and cf.
     {Justle}.] [Written also {justle}.]
     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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral,
           which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jostling
       n : the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: {jostle}]