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单词 hustler
释义

hustler

noun

hus·​tler ˈhə-slər How to pronounce hustler (audio)
plural hustlers
: a person who hustles: such as
a
: one who obtains money by fraud or deceit : scammer, swindler
A financial hustler who orchestrated the theft of $6.5 million from investors … Shayna Jacobs and Alec Tabak
… most of the eight major frauds Minkow helped uncover in the past year have involved hustlers trying to sell investments to church groups. Adam Zagorin
b
: one who lures less skillful players into competing at a gambling game
a pool hustler
This is where the chess hustlers have seized their opportunity. Camped out at the picnic tables in Harvard Square, these seasoned locals will play with you—for a price. Evan Zigmond
c
: an athlete who plays with alert energy and aggressiveness
By always being the teacher's pet, by being a hustler in football practice and by being the fringe member of many social groups but the leader of none, Kelly managed to mask his insecurities. Michael Reese
d
: prostitute
a male hustler
"Beat" is old carny slang. According to Beat Movement legend … , Ginsberg and Kerouac picked it up from a character named Herbert Huncke, a gay street hustler and drug addict from Chicago who began hanging around Times Square in 1939 … Louis Menand

Synonyms

  • bawd
  • call girl
  • cocotte
  • courtesan
  • drab
  • hooker
  • prostitute
  • sex worker
  • streetwalker
  • tart
  • whore
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Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

hustler

noun

1
as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money policemen kept the street clean of hustlers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • prostitute
  • hooker
  • whore
  • streetwalker
  • bawd
  • courtesan
  • madam
  • tart
  • sex worker
  • madame
  • call girl
  • drab
  • cocotte
  • woman of the street
  • floozie
  • floozy
  • tramp
  • hussy
  • temptress
  • libertine
  • minx
  • chippy
  • coquette
  • flirt
  • siren
  • chippie
  • doxie
  • tempter
  • vamp
  • jade
  • doxy
  • wench
2
as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler, the sky's the limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • powerhouse
  • highflier
  • highflyer
  • bootstrapper
  • go-getter
  • achiever
  • hummer
  • self-starter
  • live wire
  • doer
  • enterpriser
  • eager beaver
  • individualist
  • comer
  • go-ahead
  • he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • idler
  • loafer
  • slacker
  • dawdler
  • shirker
  • trifler
  • dreamer
  • goldbrick
  • malingerer
  • procrastinator
  • loiterer
  • putterer
  • lounger
  • sluggard
  • lazybones
  • lingerer
  • drone
  • laggard
  • dropout
  • slowpoke
  • daydreamer
  • ignorer
  • neglecter
  • dallier
  • quitter
  • stick-in-the-mud
  • ne'er-do-well
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