hustle

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Synonyms: rustle, hurtle, bustle, justle, nustle, hussle

Antonyms: rustle, hurtle, bustle, justle, nustle, hussle

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. To push someone roughly; to [[crowd]]; to [[jostle]].<ref name=COED2>{{R:COED2|page=799}}</ref>
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[rush]] or [[hurry]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bundle]]; to stow something quickly.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[con]], [[swindle]], or [[deceive]], especially financially.
5. To [[play]] [[deliberately]] [[badly]] at a [[game]] or [[sport]] in an [[attempt]] to [[encourage]] [[player]]s to [[challenge]] one.
6. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[obtain]] by [[illicit]] or [[forceful]] [[action]].
7. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[sell]] [[sex]]; to [[work]] as a [[pimp]].
8. {{lb|en|informal}} To be a [[prostitute]]; to [[exchange]] [[use]] of one's [[body]] for [[sexual]] [[purpose]]s for [[money]].
9. {{lb|en|informal}} To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
10. To dance the hustle, a [[disco]] dance.
11. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[work]].
12. {{lb|en|informal}} To put a lot of effort into one's work.

Noun

1. A state of busy activity.
2. A [[propensity]] to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
3. {{lb|en|preceded by a definite article}} A type of [[disco]] [[dance]], commonly danced to the {{w|Van McCoy}} song ''{{w|The Hustle (song)|The Hustle}}'' (1975).
4. A [[scam]] or [[swindle]].
5. {{lb|en|prison slang}} An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a [[prisoner]] uses to earn [[money]] in prison.
6. {{lb|en|slang}} An act of [[prostitution]].
7. {{lb|en|informal}} An [[activity]], especially to achieve a desired goal or [[make money]].

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