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verb, -tled, -tling, noun | 1. | to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely. |
| 2. | to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving: The crowd jostled him into the subway. |
| 3. | to exist in close contact or proximity with: The three families jostle each other in the small house. |
| 4. | to contend with: rival gangs continually jostling each other. |
| 5. | to unsettle; disturb: The thought jostled her complacency. |
| 6. | Slang. to pick the pocket of. |
| 7. | to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove (often fol. by with, for, or against): He jostled for position. |
| 8. | to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something. |
| 9. | to compete; contend. |
| 10. | Slang. to pick pockets. |
| 11. | a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something. |