jostled

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jostled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jostle \Jos"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jostled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Jostling.] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf.
     Justle.] [Written also justle.]
     To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow;
     to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies
     jostled him." --Macaulay.
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           Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral,
           which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor.
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