jostle

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The watches seemed to jostle, and to trip each other up.

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  1. intransitive verb To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove: jostled against the others on the crowded platform.
  2. intransitive verb To make one's way by pushing or elbowing: jostled through the guests to the bar.
  3. intransitive verb To vie for an advantage or position.
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  • The Inuit in skin boats, breathing, breathing, rhythmic suck of frigid air, iced paddles dipping, spray freezing, sleek back rising, jostle, the boat tom, spiraling down. —  The Shipping News
  • Exterior compression straps stabilize the load for jostle-free carrying —  Travel Gear Blog
  • A small jostle or slight breeze and your hat is going to fall RIGHT OFF! —  Not funny... ever.
  • The victory allowed the Heat to remain a game behind the fifth-place Philadelphia 76ers in the jostle for postseason seeding. —  Statesman - AP Sports
  • Scores of puffins look down from their nests on the craggy rocks and the air is filled with hundreds of birds that swoop and dive on both sides of the boat - causing a near panic as spotters jostle for position and strain for a better look.
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  1. Middle English justilen, to have sexual relations with, frequentative of justen, to joust, from Old French juster; see joust.

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  1. Formerly also justle, joustle; freq. of just, q. v.
  2. from jostle, v.
 

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