to jostle
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈdʒɑːsəl/
:
empujar
- In the crowded subway, commuters had to jostle each other to board the train.
- jostled by a crowd
- jostled one
- jostle each other
It tugs and jostles him to new vantage points.
- It tugs and jostles him to new vantage points.
- He is grabbed, jostled, even punched.
- The moment you've given the advice what you do, you then all jostle and struggle to get on Question Time or to appear on the news and to become little stars.
- We even Rage Against dogs that bark at us and asses that jostle us like the man who wished to beat the ass driver.
Examples
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Scores of riverboats are moored at the water's edge while others jostle for space.
Academic text (2005) -
Before the guard could respond, a large man jostled through the crowd.
Fiction book (1992) -
Large men were jostling around her to line up for the catch.
Academic text (2008) -
They come from all angles, pushing and jostling.
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The onlookers, shouting in panic, jostled their way out of the hall.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Everyone's jostling for position as we hit the asphalt again."
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"Players jostling for position."
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Emma liked watching the people rush along the sidewalks, jostling each other, streaming across intersections while horns blared.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the concert started, fans began to jostle for a better view of the stage.
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Children started to jostle for treats as soon as the piñata broke.
Synonyms
528
2.7
Push someone or something roughly and quickly
141
2.7
Move close together and push forward in a crowd
24
6.0
To push past people by using your elbow
6
3.6
To move ahead by pushing people or things out of the way
To push forward through a crowd to get ahead
Move quickly through a crowd while pushing people aside
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jostle comes from an old French word joster that meant 'to come near' or 'push'. So to jostle is to push or elbow past people by pressing close in a crowd.