Etymology : alteration of justle, frequentative of 1joust
Pronunciation : jä-s&l
Function : verb
Date : 1546
1. act of pushing or shoving; push, shove, bump. push, shove, bump; compete with; be crowded, be squeezed together. 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." systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. taylor.jostle \jos"tle\, v. i. to push; to crowd; to hustle. none jostle with him for the wall.jostle \jos"tle\, n. a conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. the jostle of south african nationalities and civilization.
2. To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
3. To push; to crowd; to hustle.
4. A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. the act of jostling come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
5. A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall.
6. A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting.
7. A place of low resort, as for smoking opium.
8. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
9. One who, or that which, joints.
10. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joi.
11. 1. If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping She was cheered and clapped by tourists who jostled to see:
her.
12. If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it. the contenders who have been jostling for the top job = compete.