jostle

  1. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
  5. Verb.  (dated, _) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
  6. Noun.  An experience in which jostling occurs.
  7. Noun.  Being crowded or in a condition of jostling.

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