Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "jostling" is om iemand of iets in 'n skare te stoot, elmboog of stamp om daardeur te beweeg of om voordeel te trek. Dit kan ook verwys na om vir iets aggressief of rofweg mee te ding.
This flapper is likewise employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation, that he is in manifest danger of falling down every precipice, and bouncing his head against every post and in the streets, of jostling others or being jostled himself into the kennel.
It seemed as though the entire city was out tonight, jostling and crowding in for a better view.
When he looked back at Eli after jostling the reins, he could see the man was embarrassed for him.
The soldiers could see nothing they heard sighs and groans they stumbled over dead bodies, but as they had no conception of the cause of all this, they came forward jostling each other.
Mary had so far played coy about the purpose of our outing and the jostling crowd and rancid smells darkened my mood.
There was good-natured jostling and shoving as the hundreds of kids queued up behind Arthur.
The two guards immediately began jostling the crowd aside to make room for us to proceed.
The restaurant had been packed with people, jostling in the aisle as they waited for a booth.
He heard laughter and glanced up to see Chris playing tag with Lavern and some of the other boys, laughing and jostling and running from each other as though the rest of the world mattered not.
I managed to get to the edge of the iron fence where I stood and stared while Thor kept most of the jostling people from bumping into me.
