hustle.
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
Meaning & usage
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
To rush or hurry.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
To bundle; to stow something quickly.
To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
To work.
To put a lot of effort into one's work.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).
A state of busy activity.
A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle (1975).
A scam or swindle.
An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
An act of prostitution.
An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.
Everybody's got a hustle.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.