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单词 hustlers
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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

hustlers

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • prostitutes
  • hookers
  • whores
  • streetwalkers
  • courtesans
  • bawds
  • sex workers
  • tarts
  • madams
  • madames
  • call girls
  • drabs
  • cocottes
  • women of the street
  • floozies
  • tramps
  • mesdames
  • hussies
  • libertines
  • temptresses
  • tempters
  • sirens
  • chippies
  • minxes
  • coquettes
  • flirts
  • vamps
  • doxies
  • wenches
  • jades
2
as in powerhouses
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

  • powerhouses
  • bootstrappers
  • highfliers
  • go-getters
  • highflyers
  • achievers
  • self-starters
  • doers
  • hummers
  • enterprisers
  • live wires
  • individualists
  • comers
  • go-aheads
  • eager beavers
  • he-men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • idlers
  • dawdlers
  • loafers
  • slackers
  • shirkers
  • triflers
  • loiterers
  • loungers
  • dreamers
  • malingerers
  • procrastinators
  • sluggards
  • putterers
  • lingerers
  • laggards
  • drones
  • lazybones
  • goldbricks
  • slowpokes
  • daydreamers
  • neglecters
  • ignorers
  • dropouts
  • quitters
  • dalliers
  • stick-in-the-muds
  • ne'er-do-wells
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