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jostlejos‧tle /ˈdʒɒsəl $ ˈdʒɑː-/ verb  jostleOrigin: 1500-1600 joust; ➔ JOUSTING VERB TABLEjostle |
Present | I, you, we, they | jostle | | he, she, it | jostles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jostled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jostled | | he, she, it | has jostled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jostled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jostle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jostled |
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Present | I | am jostling | | he, she, it | is jostling | | you, we, they | are jostling | Past | I, he, she, it | was jostling | | you, we, they | were jostling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jostling | | he, she, it | has been jostling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jostling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jostling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jostling |
- Passengers were jostling each other at the news kiosk for the last remaining copies of the evening paper.
- The children moved forward, jostling to get to the front and see the magician.
- Three people were hurt as the crowd jostled for a better view.
- Many air atoms crowded together jostle one another, like humans in a crowd, and cause wind.
- The telephone rang again and both women hurried toward it, jostling each other in the doorway.
- They formed a warm jostling group of six.
- We jostled for the perfect position and waited for the adults to perform.
to push people in order to move forward► push to push people, especially in a crowd, in order to move past them or in order to make them move: · Can you tell the people at the back of the queue to stop pushing!push your way through/into etc: · He pushed his way through the crowd.push past: · She pushed past me to the front of the line. ► shove to push people in a rough and careless way with your hands, arms, or shoulders in order to move forward or past people: · The people moved forward towards the food, pushing and shoving to get there first.shove your way through/into etc: · Peter shoved his way through the dense crowd in search of his son.shove past: · Robert shoved past the others and made his way to the front of the room. ► barge to move forward so fast and forcefully that you push someone as you pass them: barge into: · She just barged into me, without even apologizing.barge past: · A woman carrying a large basket barged past me to the front of the line. ► force your way to push hard in order to go somewhere when your way is blocked: force your way through: · He forced his way through the dense crowd.force your way into: · Police forced their way into the flat and arrested two men. ► jostle to push against one person or several people so that you knock them to one side, especially in order to reach a place or get something before they do: jostle for: · Passengers were jostling each other at the news kiosk for the last remaining copies of the evening paper.jostle to do something: · The children moved forward, jostling to get to the front and see the magician. ► elbow to push with your elbows in order to move past people: elbow your way through/into etc: · She elbowed her way through the crowd.elbow somebody aside/elbow somebody to one side: · Craig elbowed me aside roughly.· Elbowing me to one side, he took hold of the microphone. ► press to push in order to move forward with the rest of the crowd: press forward/round etc: · As the race started the crowd pressed forward towards the track.· The security men tried to hold back crowds of reporters pressing round the President's car. NOUN► position· Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.· We jostled for the perfect position and waited for the adults to perform.· He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position.· The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena.· The cells seem to jostle for position and about 40 cells leave the wall and enter the hollow interior. ► jockey/manoeuvre/jostle for position- As they jockey for position, firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
- He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position.
- It's a spectacular sight, as the wildfowl jockey for position to grab the biggest beak or bill full of food.
- Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.
- Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face.
- Teenage boys, like young bulls in a herd, often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength.
- The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena.
- They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
1[intransitive, transitive] to push or knock against someone in a crowd, especially so that you can get somewhere or do something before other peoplejostle for Followers of the president jostled for position in front of the TV cameras.2[intransitive] to compete for something such as attention or a reward: A thousand thoughts were jostling around inside my mind. |