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   Jos·tle

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   verb

   • 1. push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd: "people jostled against us" Similar bump into/againstknock into/againstbang intocollide withcannon intoplow intojoltpushshoveelbowhustlemobinformal:barrel intopushthrustbargeshoveforcesqueezeelbowshoulderbulldozestruggleviejockeyscramblecrowd one anotherinformal:scrum
   • ▪ struggle or compete forcefully for: "a jumble of images jostled for attention"

   noun

   • 1. the action of jostling: "the jostle of shoppers"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishjustle, from just, an earlier form of joust. The original sense was ‘have sexual intercourse with’; current senses date from the mid 16th century.

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   What does jostle mean?

   • jostle (somebody) to push roughly against somebody in a crowd The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators. People were jostling, arguing and complaining. Definition of jostle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   How does jostle work?

   • Jostle is a software package that is designed to partition unstructured meshes for use on distributed memory parallel computers. It uses an undirected graph model to represent the mesh and then uses graph partition to partition the mesh across computing nodes.

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   Why did people jostle for seats at a trial?

   • It was a trial at which spectators jostled for seats, displacing family members from a privileged row behind the accused woman. Clearly this was happening when clergymen were rough-musicked, or jostled, or mocked in effigy. The decade was a dynamic one, and multiple views jostled for prominence.

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   1. a. : to come in contact or into collision. a jostling crowd. b. : to make one's way by pushing and shoving. people jostling toward the exit. c. : to exist in close proximity. 2. : to vie in gaining an objective : contend. tribes began to jostle with one another for room Daniel Defoe. transitive verb. 1. a.

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   Definitions of 'jostle' 1. If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. [...] 2. If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it. [...] More.

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   JOSTLED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of jostle 2. to knock or push roughly against someone in order…. Learn more.

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   definition 1: to push, crowd, or bump against, esp. on purpose; collide with. People jostled each other in the crowded bus. That guy must have stolen my wallet when he jostled me on the platform. synonyms: bump, collide, crowd, push. similar words: elbow, jar, jog, jolt, shoulder, shove. definition 2:

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   May 8, 2024 · 1 (verb) in the sense of push. Definition. to bump or push roughly. We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping. Synonyms. push. press. crowd (informal) shake. squeeze. thrust. butt. elbow. bump. scramble. shove. jog. jolt. throng. hustle. joggle. See examples for synonyms. 2 (verb) in the sense of compete. Definition.

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   Meaning of jostle for something in English. jostle for something. phrasal verb with jostle verb [ I or T ] us / ˈdʒɑː.s ə l / uk / ˈdʒɒs. ə l / Add to word list. If people jostle for something, they compete with each other in order to get what they want: Since the fall of the government, the two opposition parties have been jostling for position.