[syn: hustle, pluck, roll]
4. get by trying hard;
- Example: "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
5. pressure or urge someone into an action;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
Hotchpotch.]
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
room. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i.
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and
with confusion; a hurry.
[1913 Webster]
Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with
his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hustle
n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
flimflam]
2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss, stir]
v 1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service
agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
roll]
4: get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the
waiter"
5: pressure or urge someone into an action