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jostle — [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… … English World dictionary
jostle — UK [ˈdʒɒs(ə)l] / US [ˈdʒɑs(ə)l] verb Word forms jostle : present tense I/you/we/they jostle he/she/it jostles present participle jostling past tense jostled past participle jostled 1) [intransitive] to compete for something two candidates… … English dictionary
jostle — jos|tle [ˈdʒɔsəl US ˈdʒa: ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: joust; JOUSTING] 1.) [I and T] to push or knock against someone in a crowd, especially so that you can get somewhere or do something before other people jostle for ▪ Followers of the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
jostle — [[t]ʤɒ̱s(ə)l[/t]] jostles, jostling, jostled 1) VERB If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. [V n] You get 2,000 people jostling… … English dictionary
jostle — jos|tle [ dʒasl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to push against someone because you are trying to move past them in a crowd: We managed to jostle our way to the front. 2. ) intransitive to compete for something: two candidates jostling for … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jostle — [ˈdʒɒs(ə)l] verb 1) [I] to compete for something The two parties are jostling for control of the parliament.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to push against someone in order to move past them in a crowd We managed to jostle our way to the front.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
jostle — jostlement, n. jostler, n. /jos euhl/, v., jostled, jostling, n. v.t. 1. to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely. 2. to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving: The crowd jostled him into the subway. 3. to exist … Universalium
Nowruz — For other uses, see Nowruz (disambiguation). Nowrūz Also called Also spelled Nouruz, Norouz, Norooz, Narooz, Nawruz, Newroz, Newruz, Nauruz, Nawroz, Noruz, Nohrooz, Novruz, Nauroz, Navroz, Naw Rúz, Nowroj, Navroj, Nevruz … Wikipedia
position — po|si|tion1 W1S3 [pəˈzıʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(way of standing/sitting etc)¦ 2¦(situation)¦ 3¦(place where somebody/something is)¦ 4¦(correct place)¦ 5¦(direction)¦ 6¦(opinion)¦ 7¦(job)¦ 8¦(level/rank)¦ 9 be in a position to do something … Dictionary of contemporary English
Position — A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position .… … Financial and business terms
