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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.
The meaning of HUSTLE is to crowd or push roughly : jostle, shove. How to use hustle in a sentence.
HUSTLE meaning: 1. to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: 2. to try to persuade someone…. Learn more.
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, participate in an illicit scheme or dishonest gambling game, etc.
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 /
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.
Definition of hustle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HUSTLE definition: 1. to make someone move somewhere, especially by pushing them quickly: 2. to try to persuade…. Learn more.
Hustle definition: to proceed or work rapidly or energetically. See examples of HUSTLE used in a sentence.
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.
