Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jostling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral,
which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jostling
n : the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: {jostle}]
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