jostle
verb /ˈdʒɒsl/
/ˈdʒɑːsl/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they jostle | /ˈdʒɒsl/ /ˈdʒɑːsl/ |
| he / she / it jostles | /ˈdʒɒslz/ /ˈdʒɑːslz/ |
| past simple jostled | /ˈdʒɒsld/ /ˈdʒɑːsld/ |
| past participle jostled | /ˈdʒɒsld/ /ˈdʒɑːsld/ |
| -ing form jostling | /ˈdʒɒslɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɑːslɪŋ/ |
- jostle (somebody) to push roughly against somebody in a crowd
- The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators.
- People were jostling, arguing and complaining.
Extra Examples- ideas that jostled together in his brain
- He insists on staying in his car as he doesn't like being jostled.
- The Senator was jostled by angry demonstrators.
- The class giggled and jostled each other.
- The market was full of people jostling and fighting their way to the stalls.
Word Originlate Middle English justle, from just, an earlier form of joust. The original sense was ‘have sexual intercourse with’; current senses date from the mid 16th cent.