hustle
A state of busy activityA state of busy activity.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A state of busy activity.
(countable, uncountable)A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
(countable, uncountable)A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle (1975).
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(countable, uncountable)A scam or swindle.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An act of prostitution.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.
Everybody's got a hustle.
- a rapid active commotion
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Examples
28 sentencesNow I want you to hustle.
ruТеперь я хочу, чтобы ты поторопился. — BW
Are you hustling me?
Tom has to hustle.
We need to hustle.
I want you to hustle.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
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
plural: hustlesSynonyms
15 synonyms- a rapid active commotion:bustleflurryadofussstir
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property:buncobunco gamebunkobunko gameconconfidence trickconfidence gamecon game
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.