hustle
To push someone roughlyTo push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
» Now I want you to hustle.
Теперь я хочу, чтобы ты поторопился.
Meaning
12 sensesTo push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
(intransitive)To rush or hurry.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
sich beeilen, hetzen
спеши́тьspešítʹ, торопи́тьсяtoropítʹsja
(transitive)To bundle; to stow something quickly.
(transitive)To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
betrügen, abziehen
обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ, надува́тьnaduvátʹ
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
(informal)To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
(informal)To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
(informal)To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
(informal)To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
(informal)To work.
(informal)To put a lot of effort into one's work.
- pressure or urge someone into an action
- cause to move furtively and hurriedly
- get by trying hard
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Examples
28 sentencesNow I want you to hustle.
ruТеперь я хочу, чтобы ты поторопился.
Are you hustling me?
Tom has to hustle.
We need to hustle.
I want you to hustle.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentativeFrom 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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Forms
hustles, hustling, hustled, hustledSynonyms
12 synonyms- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity:pluckroll
- move or cause to move energetically or busily:bustlebustle about
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle