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  • 41jostle — verb push or bump against roughly. ↘(jostle for) struggle or compete forcefully for. noun the action of jostling. Origin ME justle, from just, an earlier form of joust …

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  • 42hustle — v. a. Push, jostle, justle, elbow, crowd …

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  • 43jostle — v. a. [Written also Justle.] 1. Collide, strike against, hit against. 2. Shake (by hitting), joggle …

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  • 44joust — I. n. Tilt. II. v. n. 1. Tilt. 2. [Written also Just.] Jostle (or justle), push, jar …

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  • 45push — I. v. a. 1. Thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, justle, elbow, crowd, shove. 2. Urge, press forward, drive on. 3. Force, press, drive, embarrass by arguments. 4. Importune, tease, press with solicitation. 5. Prosecute, follow closely. 6 …

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  • 46hustle — v 1. hurry, rush, make time, make haste, move in double time, go like a bat out of hell, move along at a good clip; run, dash, sprint, dart, zip, bolt, make tracks; fly, whiz, whisk, breeze, go like the wind; scramble, scamper, scurry, scoot,… …

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  • 47jostle — v 1. brush against, jog, bump; jolt, jar, shock; joggle, jiggle, jerk, shake, justle; bounce, jounce; strike against, collide, Rare. hurtle, clash, hit against, batter, run against, butt against, lunge against; attack, assault, assail, bombard;… …

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  • 48crowd — [n1] large assembly army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed*, group …

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  • 49jostle — [jäs′əl] vt., vi. jostled, jostling [earlier justle, freq. < ME justen: see JOUST] 1. to bump or push, as in a crowd; elbow or shove roughly 2. to push (one s way) by shoving or bumping 3. to come or bring into close contact 4. to contend… …

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  • 50jostle — v. & n. v. 1 tr. push against; elbow. 2 tr. (often foll. by away, from, etc.) push (a person) abruptly or roughly. 3 intr. (foll. by against) knock or push, esp. in a crowd. 4 intr. (foll. by with) struggle; have a rough exchange. n. 1 the act or …

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