jostle
Signification (English)
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- To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
- To move through by pushing and shoving.
- To be close to or in physical contact with.
- To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
- (slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
Concepts
se bousculer
se bousculer -cohue-
coudoyer
avancer en cohue
Synonyms
become crowded
push against
thrust out
shove and push
struggle with one another
press into
force back
flounder about
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɒs.əl/
Étymologie (English)
Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxtā (“next to”), from iungō (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust + -le.
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