What does hustle mean?

hustle means "cause to move furtively and hurriedly". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hustle?

hustle has 2 syllables: hus-tle. The stress falls on "hus". In IPA it is /ˈhʌsəl/.

What is another word for hustle?

Close synonyms include bustle, bustle about, pluck, roll, bunco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hustle a common word?

hustle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hustle — meaning, pronunciation and 7 definitions

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
“The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”
Broadermove
2.
move or cause to move energetically or busily
“The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance”
Synonymsbustle bustle about
Broadermove
3.
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Synonymspluck roll
Broadersteal
4.
get by trying hard
“she hustled a free lunch from the waiter”
Broaderreceive
5.
pressure or urge someone into an action
Broaderpersuade

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonymsbunco bunco game bunko bunko game con confidence trick confidence game con game sting flimflam
Broaderswindle
Narrowersting operation
2.
a rapid active commotion
Synonymsbustle flurry ado fuss stir
Broadercommotion

Other forms of hustle

plural: hustles·
past tense: hustled·
present participle: hustling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hustle

What does hustle mean?: hustle means "cause to move furtively and hurriedly". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in hustle?: hustle has 2 syllables: hus-tle. The stress falls on "hus". In IPA it is /ˈhʌsəl/.
What is another word for hustle?: Close synonyms include bustle, bustle about, pluck, roll, bunco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is hustle a common word?: hustle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hustle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

5 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
“The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”
Broadermove
2.
move or cause to move energetically or busily
“The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance”
Synonymsbustle bustle about
Broadermove
3.
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Synonymspluck roll
Broadersteal
4.
get by trying hard
“she hustled a free lunch from the waiter”
Broaderreceive
5.
pressure or urge someone into an action
Broaderpersuade

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonymsbunco bunco game bunko bunko game con confidence trick confidence game con game sting flimflam
Broaderswindle
Narrowersting operation
2.
a rapid active commotion
Synonymsbustle flurry ado fuss stir
Broadercommotion

Other forms of hustle

plural: hustles·
past tense: hustled·
present participle: hustling·

Questions about hustle

What does hustle mean?: hustle means "cause to move furtively and hurriedly". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in hustle?: hustle has 2 syllables: hus-tle. The stress falls on "hus". In IPA it is /ˈhʌsəl/.
What is another word for hustle?: Close synonyms include bustle, bustle about, pluck, roll, bunco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is hustle a common word?: hustle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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