to push roughly against sb in a crowd:
[VN] The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators. * [V] People were jostling, arguing and complaining.
PHRASALVERBS
jostle for sth to compete strongly and forcefully with other people for sth:
People in the crowd were jostling for the best positions.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is jostle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, jostle is tagged as verb.
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