Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.

    drängeln

    пиха́тьсяpixátʹsja, толка́тьсяtolkátʹsja

    штовхатисяštovxatysja, зіштовхуватисяzištovxuvatysja

    come into rough contact with while moving

  2. (intransitive)To move through by pushing and shoving.

    drängeln

    пропи́хиватьсяpropíxivatʹsja, прота́лкиватьсяprotálkivatʹsja

    проштовхуватисяproštovxuvatysja

    make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving

  3. (transitive)To be close to or in physical contact with.

  4. (intransitive)To contend or vie in order to acquire something.

  5. (dated, slang)To pick or attempt to pick pockets.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He jostled me unintentionally, not out of malice.

    deEr hat mich aus Versehen gestoßen, nicht aus Böswilligkeit. — Sudajaengi

  2. People rushed toward the exit, jostling each other.

    ruЛюди бросились к выходу, расталкивая друг друга. — marafon

  3. They jostled one another to get out of an emergency exit.

    deMan schubste und drängelte, um durch einen Notausgang nach draußen zu gelangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. My friend and I were separated in the jostle of the surging crowd.

  5. Don't jostle me, please.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
bump into or brush against while in motion:
move through by pushing and shoving:
Русский
By meaning 2
bump into or brush against while in motion:
move through by pushing and shoving:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bump into or brush against while in motion:

Origin

Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old F

Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxtā (“next to”), from iungō (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust + -le.

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Forms

jostles, jostling, jostled, jostled
Base formjostle · to jostle
3rd person singularjostles
Present participlejostling
Past simplejostled
Past participlejostled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjostle
he, she, itjostles

Past simpleLesson

all personsjostled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jostled
he, she, ithas jostled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jostle

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • come into rough contact with while moving:shove

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jostle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto