hustle
noun
- 1
a rapid active commotion
- 2
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
- 1
pressure or urge someone into an action
- 2
move or cause to move energetically or busily
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
- 3
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
- 4
get by trying hard
she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
- 5
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
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