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To move or proceed forward or through by force
“It doesn't tell us that Harry and Ron had to jostle through the crowd. It just says they moved.”
To bump, knock or push roughly
“A boy's elbow would jostle my arm as he closed his locker door.”
To jolt, jerk or bump about
“If one wishes to observe the stepwise wandering of actin molecules as they jostle about in the cytoplasm, one would have to wait a very long time before a reaction between two molecules is likely to occur.”
To vie or compete for something, such as an advantageous position
“Individuals within the group may themselves jostle for the best positions within the patch.”
To move something heavy by force
To brawl with someone, especially by grabbing them aggressively
To crowd into a given place or location
To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility
To knock or run into someone or something with a jolt
Plural for an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself
Plural for an eager or uncontrolled struggle against others to obtain or achieve something
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