hustle

Noun

• a rapid active commotion

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Verb

• pressure or urge someone into an action

• get by trying hard
  • she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
    

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• move or cause to move energetically or busily
  • The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
    

• cause to move furtively and hurriedly
  • The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bustle , flurry , ado , fuss , stir , pluck , roll , bustle about