Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jostling

1 sense of jostling

Sense 1
jostle, jostling -- (the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing))
       => shove -- (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jostle

2 senses of jostle

Sense 1
jostle -- (make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform")
       => make, work -- (proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest")

Sense 2
jostle, shove -- (come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train")
       => push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner")

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