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hustle
[ huhs-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to proceed or work rapidly or energetically:
The sisters hustled about, putting the house in order.
- to push or force one's way; jostle or shove.
- to be aggressive, especially in business or other financial dealings.
- Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means.
- Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients.
verb (used with object)
- to convey or cause to move, especially to leave, roughly or hurriedly:
His bodyguards hustled him out of the court past policemen and paramilitary soldiers.
- to urge, prod, or speed up:
Hustle your work along.
- to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something:
Our waiter hustled us into ordering more than we could eat.
- to obtain by aggressive and often illicit means:
He could always hustle a buck or two from some sucker.
- to beg; solicit.
- to sell in or work (an area), especially by high-pressure tactics:
The souvenir vendors began hustling the town at dawn.
- to sell, promote, or publicize in a lively, vigorous, or aggressive manner:
to hustle souvenirs.
- to jostle, push, or shove roughly.
- Slang. to induce (someone) to gamble or to promote (a gambling game) when the odds of winning are overwhelmingly in one's own favor.
- Slang. to cheat; swindle:
They hustled him out of his savings.
- Slang.
- (of a prostitute) to solicit (someone).
- to attempt to persuade (someone) to have sexual relations.
noun
- energetic activity, as in work.
- discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling.
- Slang.
- an inducing by fraud, pressure, or deception, especially of inexperienced or uninformed persons, to buy something, participate in an illicit scheme or dishonest gambling game, etc.
- such a product, scheme, gambling game, etc.
- Slang. a competitive struggle:
Why not take a break from the hustle to find a place where the tranquility of nature frees your mind to do its most innovative thinking.
- Slang. any means of earning a living; a paid job or occupation:
The university denied him tenure, so I guess he has to find a new hustle.
- a fast, lively, popular ballroom dance evolving from Latin American, swing, rock, and disco dance styles, with a strong basic rhythm and simple step pattern augmented by strenuous turns, breaks, etc.
hustle
/ ˈhʌsəl /
verb
- to shove or crowd (someone) roughly
- to move or cause to move hurriedly or furtively
he hustled her out of sight
- tr to deal with or cause to proceed hurriedly
to hustle legislation through
- slang.to earn or obtain (something) forcefully
- slang.(of procurers and prostitutes) to solicit
noun
- an instance of hustling
- undue activity
- a disco dance of the 1970s
Derived Forms
- ˈhustler, noun
Other Words From
- out·hus·tle verb (used with object) outhustled outhustling
- un·hus·tled adjective
- un·hus·tling adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hustle1
Example Sentences
The hustle and desire to expand eventually led him to seek out his own space in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
He was someone who could do a hustle and a scam just below the radar of getting law enforcement over the hump to care.
At Directive, Izabelle combines her sales hustle mentality and creative writing expertise to cover a wide variety of SaaS marketing topics and support long-term marketing strategy.
What started as a side hustle — selling baked goods — turned into a full-time business in 2019.
Michelle Lovero-Holliday has taken a step back from the hustle of delivering groceries.
If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
The bar starts to get busy and the bartenders, two of whom are wearing Casa Bruja T-shirts, begin to really hustle.
Her hustle has started to pay off and she started a 14-date national tour in early November.
Halfway to the park, the hustle of Goma and outlying villages faded behind him.
Summer vacations should offer a hiatus from the hustle but at the Hamptons everyone is selling or pushing someone or something.
If we hustle right smart we can get a pen done 'fore dark, let alone gettin' them cattle into a shed.
You know Ive run the engine attached to The Hustle many a time; the men used to let me do it.
The tall Schree warriors, their long faces expressionless, started to hustle the three captives toward the door again.
I know pretty well when Christmas is comin', by the way I got to hustle, an' the size of the boxes I got to carry.
I want you to hustle back to the hotel and tell Frank that I'm here.
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