Definition of Hustle in Business
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verb (used without object), hus·tled, hus·tling.
to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: The sisters hustled about, putting the house in order.
to push or force one's way; jostle or shove.
to be aggressive, especially in business or other financial dealings.
Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means.
Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients.
verb (used with object), hus·tled, hus·tling.
to convey or cause to move, especially to leave, roughly or hurriedly: His bodyguards hustled him out of the court past policemen and paramilitary soldiers.
to urge, prod, or speed up: Hustle your work along.
to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something: Our waiter hustled us into ordering more than we could eat.
to obtain by aggressive and often illicit means: He could always hustle a buck or two from some sucker.
to sell in or work (an area), especially by high-pressure tactics: The souvenir vendors began hustling the town at dawn.
to sell, promote, or publicize in a lively, vigorous, or aggressive manner: to hustle souvenirs.
to jostle, push, or shove roughly.
Slang. to induce (someone) to gamble or to promote (a gambling game) when the odds of winning are overwhelmingly in one's own favor.
Slang. to cheat; swindle: They hustled him out of his savings.
Slang.
- (of a prostitute) to solicit (someone).
- to attempt to persuade (someone) to have sexual relations.
noun
energetic activity, as in work.
discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling.
Slang.
- an inducing by fraud, pressure, or deception, especially of inexperienced or uninformed persons, to buy something, participate in an illicit scheme or dishonest gambling game, etc.
- such a product, scheme, gambling game, etc.
Slang. a competitive struggle: Why not take a break from the hustle to find a place where the tranquility of nature frees your mind to do its most innovative thinking.
Slang. any means of earning a living; a paid job or occupation: The university denied him tenure, so I guess he has to find a new hustle.
a fast, lively, popular ballroom dance evolving from Latin American, swing, rock, and disco dance styles, with a strong basic rhythm and simple step pattern augmented by strenuous turns, breaks, etc.
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Origin of hustle
First recorded in 1675–85; from Dutch husselen, hutselen "to shake, toss," equivalent to hutsen "to shake" + -el- frequentative suffix; cf. -le
OTHER WORDS FROM hustle
out·hus·tle, verb (used with object), out·hus·tled, out·hus·tling. un·hus·tled, adjective un·hus·tling, adjective
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How to use hustle in a sentence
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I have a generous magician friend who plays Santa as a holiday side hustle.
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Amy Kean, founder of creative agency Six Things Impossible, believes the ad industry's hustle culture is to blame for the growing pressure to perform and be visible.
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Seeing the hustle and drive everyone had around me, I had no choice but to go harder.
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Both plays required Metcalf's rare athleticism and hustle, but also his athletic intelligence.
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One of the things that we pride ourselves on here is respecting the hustle.
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The others disappeared into the school, frantically hustling to try to make deals.
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Rick Scott is over in Florida, and he is hustling business out of the state of Texas.
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Like all "overnight" successes, Gelman has spent the better part of two decades hustling in all media.
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The air in Lagos is one of striving, of hustling and it is a city that very easily leaves you behind.
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Privately, he had huge inhibitions about hustling, but he fought them down and sweated.
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The machines were soon hustling through Washington Street as fast as the speed regulations would allow.
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I believe Ill call the flat The Hustleonly instead of its hustling like the car, well be the ones.
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Even farming's got to be a science, and it keeps me hustling to learn what the new words mean in the agricultural papers.
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She is positively brisk in hustling for apples in the orchard and for heads of oats around the oat stack.
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He gen'rally stirred up the most of his touse In hustling to save the outside of the house.
British Dictionary definitions for hustle
verb
to shove or crowd (someone) roughly
to move or cause to move hurriedly or furtively he hustled her out of sight
(tr) to deal with or cause to proceed hurriedly to hustle legislation through
slang to earn or obtain (something) forcefully
US and Canadian slang (of procurers and prostitutes) to solicit
noun
an instance of hustling
undue activity
a disco dance of the 1970s
Derived forms of hustle
hustler, noun
Word Origin for hustle
C17: from Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutsen
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Definition of Hustle in Business
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