hustle
/ˈhʌsəl/ verb C1- To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
- To rush or hurry. · I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
- To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially. · The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
- To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
- To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
He/she/it hustles · Past hustled · Past participle hustled · -ing form hustling
Verb forms
- Base form
- hustle
- He/she/it
- hustles
- Past
- hustled
- Past participle
- hustled
- -ing form
- hustling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed that an energetic fit had superseded the apathetic one.
Josie Pye says she is just going to college for education’s sake, because she won’t have to earn her own living; she says of course it is different with orphans who are living on charity--_they_ have to hustle.
Do you think I’m going to let you hustle for wages while I philander in the regions of high art?
We must hustle and put the thing through.
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