jostle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   come into rough contact with while moving

   The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train.

2. 2
   verb

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

   We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform.

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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