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justle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌsəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of jostle.
    alt of jostle
    • 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian, No. 106, 13 July, 1713, in The Guardian, edited by Alexander Chalmers, London: J. Johnson et al., 1806, Volume 2, p. 134, […] we justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while.
    • When the bells justle in the tower The hollow night amid, Then on my tongue the taste is sour Of all I ever did. 1939, Alfred Edward Housman, Additional Poems, section IX:
    • Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness. 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759:
    • The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways […] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nahum 2:4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
justles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
justling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
justled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
justled Tense=Past lexicographic