-n. 6. jar, shake, agitation; jerk, start, jump, sudden movement; pluck, tug, pull, yank; jog, jostle, joggle, jiggle; push, nudge, shove, elbow; bump, jounce, bounce, lurch; stroke, hit, bang, slam, collision.
7. shock, surprise, bombshell, knockout, Sl. mind-blower; blow, rejection, defeat, upset; turnabout, turnaround, 360° turn.
8. dose, Inf. bracer, Inf. shot, nip, Sl. hit.
jostle, v. 1. brush against, jog, bump; jolt, jar, shock; joggle, jiggle, jerk, shake, justle; bounce, jounce; strike against, collide, Rare, hurtle, clash, hit against, batter, run against, butt against, lunge against; attack, assault, assail, bombard; charge, rush at, tilt, run into, have at; bunt, butt.
2. force, push, shove, thrust, hunch; elbow, hustle, press against, shoulder; prod, poke, goad; herd, drive; rush, impel, urge, propel; boot, kick, punt.
3. disturb, stir, perturb, agitate, unsettle; ruffle, Inf. shake up, confound, upset, disconcert, discomfit.
4. compete, rival, strive against, vie, contend, contest; pit oneself against, play against, oppose, take on, face, challenge.
-n. 5. push, shove, thrust; bump, brush; jolt, jar,
shock, jerk, shake, tussle; bounce, jounce.
jot, v. 1. Usu.
jot down write down, mark down, note, note down, set down, put down, take down; make a note of, make a memorandum of; list, make a list; scribble, write hastily or carelessly; tally, register, record, chronicle.
-n. 2. bit, little bit, trace, touch, hint, trifle, tinge, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; mite, speck, smidgen, Inf. smitch, iota, tad, molecule, atom, whit, tittle; dot, point, dab, fleck, speck, freckle; minimum, pittance, modicum, driblet; item, article, particular, detail.
jotting, n. note, Inf. memo, memorandum, message; record, list, tally; excerpt, cutting, clipping, Inf. clip.
jounce, v. 1. bounce, bob, Inf. bobble; joggle, jiggle, jerk, jostle, bump; jolt, jar, shock; quake, vibrate, tremble, move up and down.
-n. 2. bounce, bob, bobble; joggle, jiggle, jerk, jostle, bump; jolt, jar, shock; quake, vibration, tremor, trembling.
journal, n. 1. record, chronicle, diary, memoir, Fr. journal intime', dossier, Latin, adversaria, notes, commonplace book; album, scrapbook, record book, memory book; yearbook, almanac, annals, history, chronology, narrative; registry, register, log, logbook, cartulary, catalogue, ledger, roll; schedule, calendar, datebook; notebook, minute book, daybook, Acta, transactions, minutes.
2. newspaper, gazette, daily, tabloid; circular, newsletter, extra, bulldog, Inf sheet, Inf. rag.
3. periodical, magazine, publication, review, news magazine, slick; quarterly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly; serial, trade organ, house organ.
journalism, n. 1. reporting, writing, editing, rewriting, composition; broadcasting, recording, feature-writing; coverage, correspondence, news.
2. the press, news business, newspaper world, news-paperdom, Fleet Street, fourth estate, print media, publishing industry.