Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move or act energetically and rapidly.
- intransitive verb To push or force one's way.
- intransitive verb To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
- intransitive verb To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
- intransitive verb To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
- intransitive verb To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
- intransitive verb To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner.
- intransitive verb To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry.
- intransitive verb To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means.
- intransitive verb To pressure into buying or doing something.
- intransitive verb To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
- noun The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
- noun Energetic activity; drive.
- noun Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To inveigle into dishonest games.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly.
- intransitive verb To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
rush orhurry . - verb transitive To
con ordeceive ; especially financially. - verb transitive To
bundle , to stow something quickly. - verb To dance the hustle (see Wikipedia:Hustle (dance))
- verb To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
- verb To sell
sex , to work as apimp . - verb To be a
prostitute , to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money. - noun A state of busy activity.
- noun A type of
disco dance . See Wikipedia:Hustle (dance) for more information.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move or cause to move energetically or busily
- verb pressure or urge someone into an action
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- noun a rapid active commotion
- verb sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- verb get by trying hard
- verb cause to move furtively and hurriedly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Only singer Justin Timberlake comes through with a nuanced performance as the sleazy former Napster co-creator whose hustle is just what Facebook needs.
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Only singer Justin Timberlake comes through with a nuanced performance as the sleazy former Napster co-creator whose hustle is just what Facebook needs.
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Only singer Justin Timberlake comes through with a nuanced performance as the sleazy former Napster co-creator whose hustle is just what Facebook needs.
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Only singer Justin Timberlake comes through with a nuanced performance as the sleazy former Napster co-creator whose hustle is just what Facebook needs.
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In Game 1 Gardner was credited for his "hustle" -- as if sliding headfirst requires more effort than running hard through the bag.
SI.com 2010
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In Game 1 Gardner was credited for his "hustle" -- as if sliding headfirst requires more effort than running hard through the bag.
SI.com 2010
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But the scope of McCaffrey’s hustle is really breathtaking.
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Those numbers at least indicate a willingness to hustle, which is not to be despised.
'Self Publishing' meets 'Never Say Never' Editorial Anonymous 2009
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More recently, I've learned to do the country hustle aka the "electric slide" to the tune of "Pink Cadillac".
Archive 2006-11-01 Peggy 2006
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More recently, I've learned to do the country hustle aka the "electric slide" to the tune of "Pink Cadillac".
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