Definitions of hustle [ˈhʌs əl]

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Definition of 'hustle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) hustle
to proceed or work rapidly or energetically.

2.  hustle
to push or force one's way; jostle or shove.

3.  hustle
to be aggressive, esp. in business or other financial dealings.

4.  hustle
Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means.

5.  hustle
Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients.

6. (v.t.) hustle
to convey or cause to move, esp. to leave, roughly or hurriedly.

7.  hustle
to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something, esp. something illicit or ultimately unprofitable.

8.  hustle
to urge, prod, or speed up:
Hustle your work along.

9.  hustle
to obtain by aggressive and often illicit means:
to hustle money from unsuspecting tourists.

10.  hustle
to sell, promote, or publicize aggressively or vigorously.

11.  hustle
to jostle, push, or shove roughly.

12. (n.) hustle
energetic activity, as in work.

13.  hustle
discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling.

14.  hustle
Slang.

15.  hustle
an inducing by pressure or deception to buy something, participate in a dishonest scheme, or the like.

16.  hustle
such a scheme, game, or trick.

Etymology: (1675–85; < D husselen, var. of hutselen to shake =hutsen to shake +-el- -le)

Definition of 'hustle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

2. (verb) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
a rapid active commotion

3. (verb) hustle
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
"The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

4. (verb) bustle, bustle about, hustle
move or cause to move energetically or busily
"The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

5. (verb) hustle, pluck, roll
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

6. (verb) hustle
get by trying hard
"she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"

7. (verb) hustle
pressure or urge someone into an action

Definition of 'hustle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) hustle
to shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room

2. (verb) hustle
to push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry

Translation of 'hustle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to push quickly and roughly The man was hustled out of the office.
Afrikaans: stamp en stoot	Arabic: يَدْفَع بِخُشونَه	Bulgarian: блъскам (се)
Brazilian: empurrar	Czech: vystrčit	German: stoßen
Danish: skubbe; puffe	Greek: σπρώχνω βίαια	Spanish: empujar, echar a empellon
Estonian: tõukama	Farsi: هل دادن	Finnish: töniä
French: bousculer	Hebrew: לִדחוֹת בְּגָסוּת	Hindi: धक्का देना, शीघ्रता से भे
Croatian: grubo (se) gurati	Hungarian: tolakodik; kituszkol	Indonesian: mendorong
Icelandic: hrekja; hrinda	Italian: spingere	Japanese: ぐっと押す
Korean: 척척 해치우다	Lithuanian: išgrūsti	Latvian: grūstīt; grūstīties; izgr
Malay: mengasak	Dutch: hectiek	Norwegian: dytte, puffe, skubbe til
Polish: popychać	Persian: هل دادن	Pashto: دلی کول ، سره غونډول
Portuguese: empurrar	Romanian: aîmbrânci	Russian: пихать
Slovak: vystrčiť	Slovenian: suniti	Serbian: izgurati
Swedish: knuffa[s]	Thai: รุน; ลาก	Turkish: yaka paça götürmek, yaka
Taiwanese: 草率推離	Ukrainian: штовхати(ся)	Urdu: دھکیلنا
Vietnamese: đẩy	Chinese: 硬推
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