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hustle   (TTS Sound)

The noun hustle has 2 senses

• bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)


• bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir -- (a rapid active commotion)

The verb hustle has 5 senses

• hustle -- (cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater")


• bustle, bustle about, hustle -- (move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance")


• hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)


• hustle -- (get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter")


• hustle -- (pressure or urge someone into an action)