jostle

(jŏsˈəl)

1. To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove: jostled against the others on the crowded platform.
2. To make one's way by pushing or elbowing: jostled through the guests to the bar.
3. To vie for an advantage or position.
4. To be in close proximity.
5. To pick or try to pick pockets.

1. To come into rough contact with while moving: messengers who jostle pedestrians on the sidewalk.
2. To force by pushing or elbowing: jostled my way through the mob.
3. To vie with for an advantage or position.
4. To be in close proximity with: “Books written in all languages … jostle each other on the shelf” (Virginia Woolf).
5. To pick or try to pick the pocket of.

1. A rough shove or push.
2. The condition of being crowded together.

Related Forms:

• josˈtler noun