jostle

Everyday

1. To push and bump against people in a crowd. tree →
2. To compete hard for something: players jostling for a place in the team. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday and safety: crowds jostle at the school gate or on the bus; take care on stairs. Stories: busy markets, crowds of animals. Figurative: teams jostling for first place. In Alice in Wonderland, the animals crowd and jostle around Alice after the Pool of Tears.

Examples

• People jostled to get onto the train. tree →
• The animals jostled each other on the river bank. tree →
• Please don't jostle in the lunch queue. tree →
• The ducklings jostled for the bread. tree →
• Fans jostled to see the singer. tree →
• Three teams are jostling for the top spot. tree →
• I was jostled and dropped my ice cream. tree →

Note

Silent t: say «JOS-ul». Regular verb: jostled, jostling. Similar: shove, push, elbow, barge.

In Jewish tradition

Everyday and safety: crowds jostle at the school gate or on the bus; take care on stairs. Stories: busy markets, crowds of animals. Figurative: teams jostling for first place. In Alice in Wonderland, the animals crowd and jostle around Alice after the Pool of Tears.

Examples

• The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings. (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Silent t: say «JOS-ul». Regular verb: jostled, jostling. Similar: shove, push, elbow, barge.