Hustle

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  • intransitive verb. To move or act energetically and rapidly.
  • intransitive verb. To push or force one's way.
  • intransitive verb. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
  • intransitive verb. To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
  • intransitive verb. To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
  • intransitive verb. To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner.
  • intransitive verb. To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means.
  • intransitive verb. To pressure into buying or doing something.
  • intransitive verb. To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
  • noun. The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
  • noun. Energetic activity; drive.
  • noun. An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To inveigle into dishonest games.
  • To shake or throw together confusedly or in a disorderly manner; shove roughly, as by crowding; jostle: as, to hustle things out of the way; he was hustled off the course.
  • To push or crowd; move about with difficulty, as in a crowd; shuffle or shamble hurriedly.
  • To make haste; move or act energetically: as, come, hustle now.
  • To shake up the halfpence in the game of pitch and hustle. See below.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly.
  • intransitive verb. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To rush or hurry.
  • verb. To con or deceive; especially financially.
  • verb. To bundle, to stow something quickly.
  • verb. To dance the hustle (see Wikipedia:Hustle (dance))
  • verb. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
  • verb. To sell sex, to work as a pimp.
  • verb. To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
  • noun. A state of busy activity.
  • noun. A type of disco dance. See Wikipedia:Hustle (dance) for more information.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move or cause to move energetically or busily
  • verb. pressure or urge someone into an action
  • noun. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • noun. a rapid active commotion
  • verb. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  • verb. get by trying hard
  • verb. cause to move furtively and hurriedly
  • Word Usage
    "Only singer Justin Timberlake comes through with a nuanced performance as the sleazy former Napster co-creator whose hustle is just what Facebook needs."
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