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Hustle

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Noun

1. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

2. ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir

a rapid active commotion

Verb

3. hustle

cause to move furtively and hurriedly

Example Sentences:
'The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater'

4. bustle, bustle about, hustle

move or cause to move energetically or busily

Example Sentences:
'The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance'

5. hustle, pluck, roll

sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

6. hustle

get by trying hard

Example Sentences:
'she hustled a free lunch from the waiter'

7. hustle

pressure or urge someone into an action

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hustle

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verb
1. 
to shove or crowd (someone) roughly
2. 
to move or cause to move hurriedly or furtively
he hustled her out of sight
3. (transitive)
to deal with or cause to proceed hurriedly
to hustle legislation through
4. slang
to earn or obtain (something) forcefully
5. US and Canadian slang
(of procurers and prostitutes) to solicit
noun
6. 
an instance of hustling
7. 
undue activity
8. 
a disco dance of the 1970s

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hustle

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhustled or ˈhustling
1. 
to push or knock about; shove or jostle in a rude, rough manner
2. 
to force in a rough, hurried manner
to hustle a rowdy customer out of a bar
3.  US, Informal
to cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
4.  US, Slang
to get, sell, victimize, etc. by aggressive, often dishonest means
verb intransitive
5. 
to push one's way; move hurriedly
6.  Informal
to work or act rapidly or energetically
7.  US, Slang
a. 
to obtain money by aggressive or dishonest means
b. 
to work as a prostitute
noun
8. 
the act of hustling; esp., rough jostling or shoving
9.  US, Informal
energetic action or effort; drive
10.  US, Slang
a way of making money, esp. a dishonest way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hustle

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n.
1. The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
2. Energetic activity; drive.
3. Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit: "the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all" (Newsweek).
v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles
v.intr.
1. To move or act energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
2. To push or force one's way.
3. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
4. Slang
a. To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
b. To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
c. To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
v.tr.
1. To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.
2. To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry: hustled the board into a quick decision.
3. Slang
a. To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
b. To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
c. To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling: hustle pool.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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