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.

Simplified etymology

Jostle was originally spelled justle, from just, an earlier form of joust. Its original sense was “have sexual intercourse”; its current senses date from the mid-16th century.

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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