justle
verb
Roget 720:
contend;
contest,
strive,
struggle,
scramble,
wrestle;
spar,
square;
exchange blows,
exchange fisticuffs;
fib†,
justle†,
tussle,
tilt,
box,
stave,
fence;
skirmish;
pickeer†;
fight
etc.
(war)
722;
wrangle
etc.
(quarrel)
713.
contend with
&c.,
grapple with,
engage with,
close with,
buckle with,
bandy with,
try conclusions with,
have a brush
etc.
n..
with,
tilt with;
encounter,
fall foul of,
pitch into,
clapperclaw†,
run a tilt at;
oppose
etc.
708;
reluct.
join issue,
come to blows,
go to loggerheads,
set to,
come to the scratch,
exchange shots,
measure swords,
meet hand to hand;
take up the cudgels,
take up the glove,
take up the gauntlet;
enter the lists;
couch one's lance;
give satisfaction;
appeal to arms;
etc.
(warfare)
722.
lay about one;
break the peace.
compete with,
cope with,
vie with,
race with;
outvie†,
emulate,
rival;
run a race;
contend for
&c.,
stipulate for,
stickle for;
insist upon,
make a point of.
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Roget 276:
give an impetus
etc.
n.;
impel,
push;
start,
give a start to,
set going;
drive,
urge,
boom;
thrust,
prod,
foin [Fr.];
cant;
elbow,
shoulder,
jostle,
justle†,
hustle,
hurtle,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
encounter;
run against,
bump against,
butt against;
knock one's head against,
run one's head against;
impinge;
boost [U.S.];
bunt,
carom,
clip y;
fan,
fan out;
jab,
plug [Slang].
strike,
knock,
hit,
tap,
rap,
slap,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump,
beat,
blow,
bang,
slam,
dash;
punch,
thwack,
whack;
hit hard,
strike hard;
swap,
batter,
dowse†,
baste;
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor;
fetch one a blow;
poke at,
pink,
lunge,
yerk†;
kick,
calcitrate†;
butt,
strike at
etc.
(attack)
716;
whip
etc.
(punish)
972.
come into a collision,
enter into collision;
collide;
sideswipe;
foul;
fall foul of,
run foul of;
telescope.
throw
etc.
(propel)
284.
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