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: to sell something to or obtain something from (someone) by energetic and especially underhanded activity : swindle. hustling the suckers. an elaborate scam to hustle the elderly. c. : to sell or promote energetically and aggressively.
to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business / customers. They made a living hustling stolen goods on the streets.
Synonyms for HUSTLING: driving, diligent, industrious, hungry, dynamic, enterprising, motivated, eager; Antonyms of HUSTLING: indifferent, disinterested, uninterested, lackadaisical, casual, apathetic, easygoing, unexcited.
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change. b. To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business / customers. They made a living hustling stolen goods on the streets.
noun. energetic activity, as in work. discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling. Slang. an inducing by fraud, pressure, or deception, especially of inexperienced or uninformed persons, to buy something, participate in an illicit scheme or dishonest gambling game, etc.
to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along: After giving his speech, Johnson was hustled out of the hall by bodyguards. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fast and rapid. (at) full speed/tilt/pelt idiom. apace. as fast as your legs would carry you idiom. as if it is going out of style idiom. at a rate of knots idiom.
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. Synonyms: jostle, force, push, crowd [informal] More Synonyms of hustle. 2. intransitive verb.
Hustle Definition. To push or knock about; shove or jostle in a rude, rough manner. To work or act rapidly or energetically. To push one's way; move hurriedly. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings. To obtain money by aggressive or dishonest means.
Synonyms for HUSTLE: rush, hurry, scramble, speed, precipitation, bustle, haste, quickness; Antonyms of HUSTLE: deliberation, deliberateness, slowness, procrastination, lethargy, lateness, inertia, sluggishness.
