Question

Based on the excerpt, what is the contextual meaning of the word jostle? Although, as we walked to the Cova through the tough part of town, walking in the dark, with light and singing coming out of the wine-shops, and sometimes having to walk into the street when the men and women would crowd together on the sidewalk so that we would have had to jostle them to get by, we felt held together by there being something that had happened that they, the people who disliked us, did not understand.

Answer 1

Jostle has many meanings, it can be - to arisen in contact or into crash. Also, to make one's way by forceful and shoving, and to be in close nearness. People jostle to make room or space. So, the answer is it would be to shove, elbow, or bump into somebody to get through a crowd.

Answer 2

Answer:

D.  to push, elbow, or bump against

Due to the context clues the if you replaced jostle with push and bump against it works well in the sentence