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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
/ ˳óʲõɱô /
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
- ˳ó³Ü²õ³Ù±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ŽÇ³Ü³Ù·³ó³Ü²õ·³Ù±ô±ð verb (used with object) outhustled outhustling
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó³Ü²õ·³Ù±ô±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó³Ü²õ·³Ù±ôŸ±²Ô²µ adjective
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hustle1
Example Sentences
It felt like the perfect ending because Rick had to hustle for Chelsea, finally.
I found that with good hustling skills a Banksied homeowner might see their bank balance expanded, but it's not an easy process.
Rose, the archetypal stage mother determined to launch her daughters into the spotlight she was denied, is hustling June and Louise on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s through the early 1930s.
The lobby soon was filled with friends and neighbors who hustled and also found a place to stay.
âIt helps, for now, for the kids to see all the activity, all the hustle and bustle, the forward movement,â she said.
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