Hustle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move or act energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
  • verb-intransitive. To push or force one's way.
  • verb-intransitive. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
  • v. To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.
  • v. To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry: hustled the board into a quick decision.
  • v. Slang To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
  • v. Slang To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
  • v. Slang To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling: hustle pool.
  • n. The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
  • n. Energetic activity; drive.
  • n. Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit: "the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all” ( Newsweek).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To rush or hurry.
  • v. To con or deceive; especially financially.
  • v. To bundle, to stow something quickly.
  • v. To dance the hustle (see Wikipedia:Hustle (dance))
  • v. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
  • v. To sell sex, to work as a pimp.
  • v. To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
  • n. A state of busy activity.
  • n. A type of disco dance. See Wikipedia:Hustle (dance) for more information.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly.
  • verb-intransitive. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shake or throw together confusedly or in a disorderly manner; shove roughly, as by crowding; jostle: as, to hustle things out of the way; he was hustled off the course.
  • To push or crowd; move about with difficulty, as in a crowd; shuffle or shamble hurriedly.
  • To make haste; move or act energetically: as, come, hustle now.
  • To shake up the halfpence in the game of pitch and hustle. See below.
  • To inveigle into dishonest games.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move or cause to move energetically or busily
  • v. pressure or urge someone into an action
  • n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • n. a rapid active commotion
  • v. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  • v. get by trying hard
  • v. cause to move furtively and hurriedly
  • Verb Form
    hustled    hustles    hustling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move    persuade    din    ruckus    rumpus    commotion    tumult    ruction    steal    have   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    hustled    hustling    hustle and bustle    hustly    hustler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hurry    crowd    push    hasten    drive    jostle    put    bustle    works    haste   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Russel    Russell    bussell    bustle    muscle    mussel    rustle    tussle   
    Same Context
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