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verb
- 1. force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction: "they hustled him into the back of a horse-drawn wagon"
- 2. obtain by forceful action or persuasion: informal North American "the brothers headed to New York to try and hustle a record deal"
noun
- 1. busy movement and 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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to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business / customers. They made a living hustling stolen goods on the streets. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. hustle.
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.
Hustle definition: to proceed or work rapidly or energetically. See examples of HUSTLE used in a sentence.
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.
If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along.
Definition of hustle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
