ALL meanings of hustle
hus·tle
H h - verb without object hustle to be aggressive, especially in business or other financial dealings. 1
- verb without object hustle Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means. 1
- verb without object hustle Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients. 1
- verb with object hustle to convey or cause to move, especially to leave, roughly or hurriedly: They hustled him out of the bar. 1
- verb with object hustle to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something: to hustle the customers into buying more drinks. 1
- verb with object hustle to urge, prod, or speed up: Hustle your work along. 1
- verb with object hustle to obtain by aggressive or illicit means: He could always hustle a buck or two from some sucker. 1
- verb with object hustle to beg; solicit. 1
- verb with object hustle to sell in or work (an area), especially by high-pressure tactics: The souvenir venders began hustling the town at dawn. 1
- verb with object hustle to sell aggressively: to hustle souvenirs. 1
- verb with object hustle to jostle, push, or shove roughly. 1
- verb with object hustle Slang. to induce (someone) to gamble or to promote (a gambling game) when the odds of winning are overwhelmingly in one's own favor. 1
- verb with object hustle Slang. to cheat; swindle: They hustled him out of his savings. 1
- verb with object hustle 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. 1
- noun hustle energetic activity, as in work. 1
- noun hustle discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling. 1
- noun hustle 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. 1
- noun hustle Informal. a competitive struggle: the hustle to earn a living. 1
- noun hustle 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. 1
- noun hustle Force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction. 1
- noun hustle activity, bustle 1
- noun hustle confidence trick, fraud 1
- intransitive verb hustle move quickly 1
- transitive verb hustle jostle sb 1
- transitive verb hustle coerce, urge sb 1
- transitive verb hustle swindle sb 1
- intransitive verb hustle be a prostitute 1
- verb without object hustle to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order. 1
- verb without object hustle to push or force one's way; jostle or shove. 1
- verb hustle If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. 0
- verb hustle If you hustle, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can. 0
- verb hustle If someone hustles, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means. 0
- uncountable noun hustle Hustle is busy, noisy activity. 0
- verb hustle to shove or crowd (someone) roughly 0
- verb hustle to move or cause to move hurriedly or furtively 0
- verb hustle to deal with or cause to proceed hurriedly 0
- verb hustle to earn or obtain (something) forcefully 0
- verb hustle (of procurers and prostitutes) to solicit 0
- noun hustle an instance of hustling 0
- noun hustle undue activity 0
- noun hustle a disco dance of the 1970s 0
- verb transitive hustle to push or knock about; shove or jostle in a rude, rough manner 0
- verb transitive hustle to force in a rough, hurried manner 0
- verb transitive hustle to cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry 0
- verb transitive hustle to get, sell, victimize, etc. by aggressive, often dishonest means 0
- intransitive verb hustle to push one's way; move hurriedly 0
- intransitive verb hustle to work or act rapidly or energetically 0
- intransitive verb hustle to obtain money by aggressive or dishonest means 0
- intransitive verb hustle to work as a prostitute 0
- noun hustle the act of hustling; esp., rough jostling or shoving 0