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hus·tle  audio  (hsl) KEY 

VERB:
hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles
VERB:
tr.
  1. To jostle or shove roughly.
  2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.
  3. To cause or urge to proceed quickly: hustled the board into a quick decision.
  4. To gain by energetic effort: hustled a hot lunch.
  5. Slang
    1. To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
    2. To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
    3. To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling: hustle pool.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To jostle and push.
  2. To work or move energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
  3. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
  4. Slang
    1. To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
    2. To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
    3. To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
NOUN:
  1. The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
  2. Energetic activity; drive.
  3. Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit: "the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all" (Newsweek).
ETYMOLOGY:
Dutch husselen, to shake, from Middle Dutch hustelen, frequentative of hutsen

OTHER FORMS:
hustler(Noun)


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