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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
/ ˈʌə /
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
- ˈܲٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dzܳ·ܲ·ٱ verb (used with object) outhustled outhustling
- ܲ·ܲ·ٱ adjective
- ܲ·ܲ·ٱԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hustle1
Example Sentences
I stepped out of the Pacific Ocean that day, but I left behind the belief that love was something I had to hustle for.
She added: "At the direction of the president, these companies are hustling to onshore their manufacturing in the United States as soon as possible."
I’d begun working with friends of mine across all artistic disciplines, so my movement language is diverse — hip-hop, modern jazz, blues, new style hustle.
Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.
“It’s so visceral for me, those moments and that feeling,” Fahy says of the hustle.
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