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- Dictionaryhustle/ˈhʌsl/
verb
- 1. push roughly; jostle: "they were hissed and hustled as they went in" Similar
- 2. obtain illicitly or by forceful action: informal North American "Linda hustled money from men she met"
noun
- 1. a state of great activity: "the hustle and bustle of the big cities"
- 2. a fraud or swindle: informal North American "the hustles being used to avoid the draft"
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HUSTLE definition: 1. to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: 2. to try to persuade someone…. Learn more.
: to sell something to or obtain something from (someone) by energetic and especially underhanded activity : swindle. hustling the suckers. an elaborate scam to hustle the elderly. c. : to sell or promote energetically and aggressively.
HUSTLE meaning: 1. to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: 2. to try to persuade someone…. Learn more.
As a noun, a hustle is a busy, hurried scene, like the hustle of the subway at rush hour. We also call the act of swindling a hustle, because it happens so fast. As a verb, hustle can either mean to swindle someone or to hurry them, or to work hard.
Hustle definition: to proceed or work rapidly or energetically. See examples of HUSTLE used in a sentence.
If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. The guards hustled Harry out of the car. American English : hustle / ˈhʌsəl /
HUSTLE definition: 1. to make someone move somewhere, especially by pushing them quickly: 2. to try to persuade…. Learn more.
Definition of hustle verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hustle. noun. /ˈhʌsl/ [uncountable] busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend. Want to learn more?
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.
