Verb

(en-verb)

To jostle.

* Bible, Nahum ii. 4

The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways.

* 1776 — , Wealth of Nations , page 759

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.

* Addison

We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while.

* 1939 , , Additional Poems , IX

*:When the bells justle in the tower

*:The hollow night amid,

*:Then on my tongue the taste is sour

*:Of all I ever did.

Verb

(shov)

To push, especially roughly or with force.

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To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off .

* Garth

He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.

To make an all-in bet.

(label) To pass (counterfeit money).