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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUS'TLE, v.i. hus'l. To shake together in confusion; to push or crowd.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v
1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll]
4: get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
5: pressure or urge someone into an action

Merriam Webster's

verb (hustled; hustling) Etymology: Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen, frequentative of hutsen Date: 1720 transitive verb 1. a. jostle, shove b. to convey forcibly or hurriedly c. to urge forward precipitately 2. a. to obtain by energetic activity <hustle up new customers> b. to sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity <hustling the suckers> c. to sell or promote energetically and aggressively <hustling a new product> d. to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game) <hustle pool> intransitive verb 1. shove, press 2. hasten, hurry 3. a. to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business b. to obtain money by fraud or deception c. to engage in prostitution 4. to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner • hustle noun • hustler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. push roughly; jostle. 2 tr. a (foll. by into, out of, etc.) force, coerce, or deal with hurriedly or unceremoniously (hustled them out of the room). b (foll. by into) coerce hurriedly (was hustled into agreeing). 3 intr. push one's way; hurry, bustle. 4 tr. sl. a obtain by forceful action. b swindle. 5 intr. sl. engage in prostitution. --n. 1 an act or instance of hustling. 2 colloq. a fraud or swindle. Etymology: MDu. husselen shake, toss, frequent. of hutsen, orig. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hustle Hus"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. --Macaulay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hustle Hus"tle, v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hustles, hustling, hustled) 1. If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. The guards hustled Harry out of the car... VERB: V n prep/adv 2. If you hustle, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can. You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper... They had finished the exam and the teacher was hustling to get the papers gathered up. VERB: V, V to-inf 3. If someone hustles, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means. (mainly AM) We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want... I hustled some tickets from a magazine and off we went. VERB: V, V n from n 4. Hustle is busy, noisy activity. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London... = bustle

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Push, jostle, justle, elbow, crowd.

Moby Thesaurus

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