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Jostle

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference. The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. The Nation.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To push; to crowd; to hustle. None jostle with him for the wall. Lamb.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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