• Hustle

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ÊŒsÉ™l

    Origin

    By metathesis from Dutch hutselen ("to shake up").

    Full definition of hustle

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) To rush or hurry.I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
    2. (transitive) To con or deceive; especially financially.The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
    3. (transitive) To bundle, to stow something quickly.
      • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen RabbitThere was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.
    4. To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
    5. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
    6. To sell sex, to work as a pimp.
    7. To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
    8. (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.

    Noun

    hustle

    (plural hustles)
    1. A state of busy activity.
    2. A type of disco dance.

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