About The Word Hustle

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Hustle

Hustle Meaning & Definition
Hustle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hustle?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
[v] move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
[v] cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
[v] sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and esp. underhanded activity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hustle: ado | bunco | bunco game | bunko | bunko game | bustle | bustle | bustle about | con | con game | confidence game | confidence trick | flimflam | flurry | fuss | gyp | pluck | roll | sting | stir

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hustle: accelerate | action | activity | adventuresomeness | adventurousness | aggression | aggressiveness | allemande | ambitiousness | assault | barn dance | bear | bear upon | bearing | belly dance | bob | bobble | bolero | boogaloo | boost | bounce | bourree | boutade | branle | breakdown | buck | buffeting | bull | bulldoze | bump | bump against | bundle | bunny hop | bunt | bustle | butt | butt against | cakewalk | can-can | celerity | cha-cha | Charleston | chase | chatter | chonchina | clog | coerce | conga | cotillion | country dance | courante | cram | crowd | dash | dash off | dash on | didder | dig | dispatch | do double duty | double-time | drive | drive on | dust | dynamism | eject | elbow | elbowing | elucubrate | enterprise | enterprisingness | expedite | expedition | expeditiousness | falter | fan dance | fandango | festinate | flamenco | fling | flurry | flutter | fly | folk dance | force | forcefulness | forge ahead | forward | fox trot | galliard | gavotte | german | get going | get moving | getup | get-up-and-get | get-up-and-go | go | go ahead | go all out | goad | go-ahead | go-getting | go-to-itiveness | gumption | haste | hasten | hasten on | have an ague | head | helter-skelter | hie on | Highland fling | hit the ball | hokey-pokey | hootchy-kootchy | hopak | hornpipe | hotfoot | hula | hula-hula | hurry | hurry along | hurry on | hurry through | hurry up | hurry-scurry | hurtle | hustle up | initiative | interpretative dance | jab | jactitate | jam | jar | jarring | jig | jog | joggle | jolt | jostle | jostling | jounce | jump | kola | Lambeth Walk | lancers | leap | limbo | lindy | lose no time | lucubrate | make haste | make things hum | mambo | mazurka | Mexican hat dance | minuet | monkey | move quickly | movement | nip | nudge | nudging | overwork | ox dance | pachanga | pas de deux | pas seul | paso doble | passamezzo | peabody | pile drive | plunge | poke | polka | polonaise | Portland fancy | post | pour it on | precipitate | press | press on | pressure | prod | punch | push | push on | push through | pushfulness | pushiness | pushing | pushingness | quadrille | quake | quaver | quicken | quiver | race | railroad through | rain dance | ram | ram down | rattle | reel | rigadoon | rumba | run | run against | rush | rush along | rush through | rustle | samba | scamper | scramble | scratch | scurry | scuttle | shake | shimmy | shiver | shock | shoot ahead | shoulder | shove | shoving | shudder | slave | snake dance | speed | speed along | speed up | speediness | spirit | sprint | spunk | spur | spurt | square dance | stampede | step lively | stir | strathspey | stress | sweat | swiftness | swim | sword dance | tamp | tango | tap dance | tarantella | tear | thrust | tremble | trepak | turkey trot | twist | twitter | up-and-comingness | urge | valse | venturesomeness | venturousness | vibrate | Virginia reel | waltz | war dance | Watusi | whip | whip along | wobble | work hard | work late | work overtime

See Also | belt along | bucket along | cannonball along | cheat | commotion | din | displace | hasten | hie | hotfoot | move | pelt along | race | rig | ruckus | ruction | rumpus | rush | rush along | speed | steal | swindle | tumult

Hustle In Webster's Dictionary

\Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hustling}.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. {Hotchpotch}.] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. --Macaulay.
\Hus"tle\, v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W. Scott.

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