hustle

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hustle

The cheerleaders hustle about excitedly before their performance.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A rapid, active commotion: A state of busy, energetic, and often noisy activity or movement.
    • A swindle or scam: A dishonest scheme to cheat someone, often involving gambling or selling worthless goods.

  2. Verb:

    • To pressure or urge someone into an action: To push someone, often aggressively, to do something quickly.
    • To get by trying hard or through energetic effort: To obtain something through determined, vigorous, and sometimes underhanded activity.
    • To move or cause to move energetically or busily: To act or make someone act with speed, urgency, and purpose.
    • To cause to move furtively and hurriedly: To move someone or something quickly and discreetly, often to avoid attention.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The hustle of the city streets was overwhelming for the new arrival.
    • He lost his money in a street-corner hustle involving three-card monte.

  • Verb:

    • Don't let them hustle you into signing the contract without reading it.
    • She managed to hustle a free ticket to the concert from a friend.
    • The servers hustle between tables during the lunch rush.
    • Security hustled the protestor out of the building before anyone noticed.
Advanced Usage

  • "Hustle and bustle": A common phrase describing a lively, noisy, and active environment, typically a city.

    • She moved to the countryside to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life.

  • "Side hustle": A secondary job or project undertaken to earn extra income, in addition to one's main job.

    • He drives for a ride-share app as a side hustle on weekends.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hustler (noun): A person who hustles. This can have a negative connotation (a swindler) or a positive one (an ambitious, hard-working person).
    • Be careful; he's a known hustler who scams tourists.
    • She's a real hustler, always working on three different projects at once.
Synonyms
  • Noun (commotion): Bustle, flurry, stir, activity.
  • Noun (swindle): Scam, con, racket, fraud.
  • Verb (pressure): Push, pressure, coerce, strong-arm.
  • Verb (move busily): Bustle, scurry, rush, dash.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Hustle up: To obtain or gather something quickly, often with effort.
    • We need to hustle up some volunteers for the event tomorrow.
Related Idioms

  • "Hustle for something": To work energetically and aggressively to achieve or obtain something.

    • Young actors have to hustle for every audition they get.

  • "Everyday hustle": Refers to the daily grind or the routine of working hard to make a living.

    • I'm just trying to manage the everyday hustle like everyone else.
hustle

The cheerleaders hustle about excitedly before their performance.

Noun
  1. a rapid active commotion
  2. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Verb
  1. pressure or urge someone into an action
  2. get by trying hard
    • she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
  3. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  4. move or cause to move energetically or busily
    • The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
  5. cause to move furtively and hurriedly
    • The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater

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