jostle

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɒs(ə)l/

verb

[with object]
  • push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd: he was jostled by passengers rushing for the gates [no object]: people jostled against us
  • [no object] (jostle for) struggle or compete forcefully for: a jumble of images jostled for attention

noun

[mass noun]
  • the action of jostling: the jostle of shoppers

Origin:

late Middle English justle, from just, an earlier form of joust. The original sense was 'have sexual intercourse with'; current senses date from the mid 16th century