justle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JUS'TLE, verb intransitive jus'l. [See Jostle and Just.] To run against; to encounter; to strike against; to clash. The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nahum 2:4 JUS'TLE, verb transitive jus'l. To push; to drive; to force by rushing against; commonly followed by off or out; as, to justle a thing off the table, or out of its place. First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Nahum 2:4
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