HUSTLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hustle mean?
• HUSTLE (noun)
The noun HUSTLE has 2 senses:
1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
2. a rapid active commotion
Familiarity information: HUSTLE used as a noun is rare.
• HUSTLE (verb)
The verb HUSTLE has 3 senses:
1. cause to move furtively and hurriedly
2. move or cause to move energetically or busily
3. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Familiarity information: HUSTLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HUSTLE (noun)
Meaning:
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hustle; gyp; flimflam; confidence trick; confidence game; con game; bunko game; bunko; bunco game; bunco; con; sting
Hypernyms ("hustle" is a kind of...):
cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hustle"):
sting operation (a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals))
Meaning:
A rapid active commotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ado; bustle; flurry; hustle; stir; fuss
Hypernyms ("hustle" is a kind of...):
commotion; din; ruckus; ruction; rumpus; tumult (the act of making a noisy disturbance)
• HUSTLE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to move furtively and hurriedly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
Hypernyms (to "hustle" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move or cause to move energetically or busily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bustle about; bustle; hustle
Context example:
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Hypernyms (to "hustle" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
"Hustle" entails doing...:
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
pluck; hustle; roll
Hypernyms (to "hustle" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
