transitive verb, intransitive verb jostled -·tled, jostling -·tling

1. to bump or push, as in a crowd; elbow or shove roughly
2. to push (one's way) by shoving or bumping
3. to come or bring into close contact
4. to contend (with someone for something)

Etymology: earlier justle, freq. < ME justen: see joust

noun