Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jostle
IPA transcription: [dʒ'ɑsəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jostle, jostling
    Meaning: the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jostle
    Meaning: make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"
Usage examples
  • And now, when the people began to hoot and jostle more vigorously, Lollo felt that his moment was come--he was close to the eldest prisoner: in an instant he had cut the cord.
  • Now while I was walking daily in and out great crowds of men (few of whom had any freedom from the cares of money, and many of whom were even morbid with a worse pest called 'politics'), I could not be quit of thinking how we jostle one another.