hustle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hustle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hustle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hustle n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam a rapid active commotion Synonym(s): bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir v cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater" move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" Synonym(s): bustle, bustle about, hustle sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity Synonym(s): hustle, pluck, roll get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" pressure or urge someone into an action
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W. Scott.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hustle, VA Zip code(s): 22476