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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


VERB (5)

1. cause to move furtively and hurriedly;
- Example: "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

2. move or cause to move energetically or busily;
- Example: "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;
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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