What does jostling mean?
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jostling
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Princeton's WordNet
jostle, jostlingnoun
the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
Wiktionary
jostlingnoun
An act of jostling; a push or shove.
ChatGPT
jostling
Jostling refers to the act of pushing, elbowing, or bumping against someone, typically in a crowd, in order to move past them or get their attention. This can be either intentional or unintentional due to the tight space or heavy traffic. It can also refer to struggling or competing with others for a position or advantage.
Webster Dictionary
Jostling
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jostling in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jostling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of jostling in a Sentence
People in this movement allow for confronting, jostling, committing low-level types of offenses, but there has been for some time a core that have tipped the movement to confrontational violence, the hardest edge in the Antifa spectrum comes under that category...not all Antifa are busting heads.
There is a lot of jostling and a lot of head impact. Most of the concussions are from hitting your head against an opposing player when going for a header.
America has intractable problems and it’s going to take a transformational leader to fix them, rand Paul is going to be the bold, transformational figure in this race. The reported hire comes as Paul's potential rivals for the Republican nomination begin jostling for position. The Washington Post reported Monday that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the GOP's nominee in 2012, had begun reaching out to former advisers, donors, and allies about the possibility of a third presidential bid. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who filed paperwork to form a political action committee last week, will travel to California later this week for fundraising events. A memo sent to Rand Paul donors and allies touted Englander as a man who had helped elect a Republican governor in President Barack Obama's home state, which the president.
You're jostling the fetus.
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