Antonyms for jostle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jos-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɒs əl |
Definition of jostle
Origin :- 1540s, justle, "to knock against," formed from jousten (see joust) + frequentative suffix -tle. The usual spelling 17c.-18c. was justle. An earlier meaning of the word was "to have sex with" (c.1400). Meaning "to contend for the best position or place" is from 1610s. Related: Jostled; jostling. As a noun from c.1600.
- verb bump, shake
- And working men may keep the wall, and jostle prince and peer.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Well; we, in trifling with this jingling toy, have had the ill-luck to jostle and fall out.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- I have little fancy for the whirl of society, and none for the jostle of politics.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Your roads in life are so numerous and so varied, that you need not jostle.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- Let us not jostle and crowd each other too harshly, while we are en route.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- I wish you would row as carefully as you can, Neddie, so as not to jostle them much.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- Some folk will answer that life itself settles all that, with its jostle and bustle.
- Extract from : « Laurus Nobilis » by Vernon Lee
- Singularly, the circle parted right and left in a jostle and a scramble.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
- He did not seem to wear well with the people in the daily run and jostle of life.
- Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
- There she happened to jostle a lieutenant, who, not recognising her, ventured on a protest.
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
Synonyms for jostle
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