hustle

Definitions of hustle in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a rapid active commotion

verb - cause to move furtively and hurriedly

verb - move or cause to move energetically or busily

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

verb - get by trying hard

verb - pressure or urge someone into an action

To jostle or shove roughly.

To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.

To cause or urge to proceed quickly: hustled the board into a quick decision.

To gain by energetic effort: hustled a hot lunch.

Slang.

To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.

To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.

To jostle and push.

To work or move energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.

To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.

To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means.

To solicit customers.

The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.

Energetic activity; drive.

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).

verb - to move swiftly

HUSTLE - Hustle means 'to move quickly and with purpose'; it most commonly refers to: Hustle ( verb ), to work hard (lawfully or unlawfully), especially in a fr...