- Hus|tle
- hus|tle «HUHS uhl», verb, -tled, -tling, noun.–v.t.2. to push or shove roughly; jostle rudely: »
The other boys hustled him along the street.
3. to force hurriedly or roughly: »The police hustled the tramp out of town.
4. Informal. a) to sell or hawk: »I…visited the stand at which I once hustled potatoes and tomatoes (Atlantic).
b) to get or sell in a hurried, rough, or illegal manner: »to hustle used cars, to hustle stolen goods.
–v.i.1. to hurry; bustle.2. to rush roughly; push one's way: »to hustle along through the crowd.
3. Informal. to go or work with tireless energy: »He had to hustle to make enough money to support his large family.
4. Informal. to get money, business, or other activity, in a hurried, rough, or illegal manner: »to hustle on the streets to pay for drugs.
5. = Hustle. (Cf. ↑Hustle)–n.2. Informal. tireless energy; energetic or pushing activity; push: »It was done with much hustle and bustle.
3. rough pushing or shoving; rude jostling.4. Informal. a business or activity, often an illegal one: »His hustle is bookmaking.
5. Informal. a sale, often an illegal one: »arrested for a hustle of narcotics.
6. = Hustle. (Cf. ↑Hustle)╂[< Dutch hutselen, or husseln shake]Hus|tle «HUHS uhl», noun, verb, -tled, -tling.–n.1. a lively, syncopated ballroom dance with various steps, figures, and patterns performed by couples in close contact: »The Hustle is a dance of posture, rigor, and coordination…that demands little floor space (New York Times).
2. music for this dance.–v.i.to dance the Hustle: »Hustling is done to specially written dance music (New York Sunday News).
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
