to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a 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),hus·tled,hus·tling.
to convey or cause to move, especially to leave, roughly or hurriedly: They hustled him out of the bar.
to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something: to hustle the customers into buying more drinks.
to urge, prod, or speed up: Hustle your work along.
to obtain by aggressive or 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 venders began hustling the town at dawn.
to sell aggressively: 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.
to promote or publicize in a lively, vigorous, or aggressive manner: an author hustling her new book on the TV talk shows.
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, to participate in an illicit scheme, dishonest gambling game, etc.
such a product, scheme, gambling game, etc.
Informal. a competitive struggle: the hustle to earn a living.
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.
Origin of hustle
1675–85; <Dutch husselen, variant of hutselen to shake, equivalent to hutsen to shake + -el--le
OTHER WORDS FROM hustle
outhustle,verb (used with object),out·hus·tled,out·hus·tling.un·hus·tled,adjectiveun·hus·tling,adjective
The hustle and desire to expand eventually led him to seek out his own space in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
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He was someone who could do a hustle and a scam just below the radar of getting law enforcement over the hump to care.
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What started as a side hustle — selling baked goods — turned into a full-time business in 2019.
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Michelle Lovero-Holliday has taken a step back from the hustle of delivering groceries.
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Her hustle has started to pay off and she started a 14-date national tour in early November.
From Church of Christ to Pansexual Rapper|Tyler Gillespie|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Halfway to the park, the hustle of Goma and outlying villages faded behind him.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Summer vacations should offer a hiatus from the hustle but at the Hamptons everyone is selling or pushing someone or something.
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Back then she was “forced,” but soon she started to hustle on corners “willingly,” and was paid for sex.