Question

select the correct answer.
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.
a. to struggle or compete forcefully for
b. to dodge or go around
c. to quarrel or argue with
d. to push, elbow, or bump against

Explanation:

The excerpt describes people crowding the sidewalk, forcing the speaker to move into the street to let them pass. This context matches the action of pushing or bumping against others to make way, which aligns with option D. The other options do not fit the scenario of navigating a crowded sidewalk.

Answer:

D. to push, elbow, or bump against