Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word JOSTLE
JOSTLE
Definitions of JOSTLE
- The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove.
- The action of a jostling crowd.
- (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
- (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
- (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with.
- (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
- (dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using JOSTLE in a Sentence
- In it the literal definition is to 'make noise with sabots' as well as 'bungle, jostle, hustle, haste'.
- While not so large there is a resemblance, but other continental influences appear to have crept in: classical pediments jut from mansard roofs, spires and gables jostle for attention, and the whole is surmounted by a cupola.
- Contests in the goalsquare require the strength and weight to be able to jostle or wrestle opponents to front position and keep fullbacks at bay and not as much running is required as midfielders.
- This has been described as "a medley in which legendary history, love romance, sententious praise of virginity, rough and tumble clown-play, necromancy and all kinds of diablerie jostle each other".
- Events turn tantalisingly on finical questions of time and distance; knuckle-headed police jostle with whistling street urchins for star billing, while at the centre of the drama stands the scrawny, inscrutable figure of the accused man, William Herbert Wallace, the Man from The Pru.
- Its large open spaces, eerily empty, form the strongest contrast to the densely packed jostle of grotesquely caricatured and exotically garbed figures of the foreground mob.
- They were jumbled together in a most unsightly fashion, in the middle of the road; to the great obstruction of the thoroughfare and the annoyance of passengers, who were fain to make their way, as they best could, among carts, baskets, barrows, trucks, casks, bulks, and benches, and to jostle with porters, hucksters, waggoners, and a motley crowd of buyers, sellers, pick–pockets, vagrants, and idlers.
- Among the improvements in the new FIFA are improved responsiveness that allows for quicker release of the ball, greater urgency in off-the-ball running, a new jostle system that takes into account the strength of the players when going shoulder-to-shoulder, and subtle animations that enable players to take first-time shots.
- Costumed revelers pose and jostle one another, including a drunken Pierrot who is behaving obnoxiously.
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