Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.

    Hektiker, Haster, Wühler

    шу́лерšúler, жу́ликžúlik, ловка́чlovkáč

    a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

  2. Somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets.

    Near-synonym: ringer

  3. A pimp.

    Zuhälter

    сутенёрsutenjór

  4. A prostitute.

    a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

  5. A prostitute.

    A male prostitute who sells his services to men.

    Stricher, Strichjunge

    жи́голоžígolo, ха́стлерxástler, проститу́тprostitút

  6. A charlatan, huckster, grifter, swindler, a scoundrel.

    Abzocker, Gauner, Falschspieler

  7. One who is willing to suffer the most for the sake of company profits; a hard worker.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom is a hustler.

    Том - шахрай.

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  2. Tom is a chess hustler.

    Том - вуличний гравець у шахи.

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  3. Capitalism makes everyone a hustler.

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  4. Kid's a hustler.

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  5. We're all hustlers.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
one who hustles:
a pimp:
a male prostitute who sells his services to men:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
one who hustles:
a pimp:
a male prostitute who sells his services to men:
one who deceives for personal profit, charlatan, huckster, grifter, scoundrel:

Forms

plural: hustlers
Singularhustler
Pluralhustlers

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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