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Hustle   /hˈəsəl/   Listen
Hustle

noun
1.
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.  Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, sting.
2.
A rapid active commotion.  Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir.
verb
(past & past part. hustled; pres. part. hustling)
1.
Cause to move furtively and hurriedly.
2.
Move or cause to move energetically or busily.  Synonyms: bustle, bustle about.
3.
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.  Synonyms: pluck, roll.
4.
Get by trying hard.
5.
Pressure or urge someone into an action.



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"Hustle" Quotes from Famous Books



... noticed that there's a lot of unnecessary things that have to be done. Hustle along, you two. I'm going back after the mate to ...
— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright
... thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and their employment of scores or hundreds of wage-earners. Those who start for Cuba with a notion that the Cubans are an idle and lazy people, will do well to revise that notion. There is not the hustle that may be seen further north, but the results of Cuban activity, measured in dollars or in tons, fairly dispute the notion of any national indolence. When two and a half million people produce what is produced in Cuba, somebody has ...
— Cuba, Old and New • Albert Gardner Robinson
... fellows, now," directed Craig, turning brusquely to the porters, "hustle that baggage ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve
... I've got to hustle in the turmoil of the town, An' don't expect I'll ever be allowed to settle down An' live among the roses an' the tulips an' the phlox, Or spend my time in carin' for the noddin' hollyhocks, I've come to the conclusion that perhaps in ...
— The Path to Home • Edgar A. Guest
... "'Hustle up, Oram!' says he, very nervous-like. 'The boat's crowdin' down so it won't let any water ...
— The Spinner's Book of Fiction • Various


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