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- DictionaryHus·tle/ˈhəs(ə)l/
verb
- 1. force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction: "they hustled him into the back of a horse-drawn wagon"
- 2. obtain by forceful action or persuasion: informal North American "the brothers headed to New York to try and hustle a record deal"
noun
- 1. busy movement and activity: "the hustle and bustle of the big cities"
- 2. a fraud or swindle: informal North American "the hustles being used to avoid the draft"
The meaning of HUSTLE is to crowd or push roughly : jostle, shove. How to use hustle in a sentence. to crowd or push roughly : jostle, shove; to convey forcibly or hurriedly; to urge forward precipitately…
HUSTLE definition: 1. to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: 2. to try to persuade someone…. Learn more.
HUSTLE meaning: 1. to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: 2. to try to persuade someone…. Learn more.
to beg; solicit. to sell in or work (an area), especially by high-pressure tactics: The souvenir vendors began hustling the town at dawn. to sell, promote, or publicize in a lively, vigorous, or aggressive manner: to hustle souvenirs. to jostle, push, or shove roughly.
To hustle something means to hurriedly push it along. If you overslept, you'll have to hustle out of the house to get to work on time. Hustle comes from the Dutch word for "shake" or "toss." As a noun, a hustle is a busy, hurried scene, like the hustle of the subway at rush hour.
To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling. b. To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute. c. To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling. v.tr. 1. To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. 2.
to make someone move somewhere, especially by pushing them quickly: The security men hustled him out of the back door. hustle verb (PERSUADE) to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business / customers. hustle. noun. uk / ˈhʌsl / us. hustle and bustle.
