Other Definitions
hustle (enc)
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Hustle| Noun | 1. | hustle - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertybunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, con, sting sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" | | | 2. | hustle - a rapid bustling commotion | | | Verb | 1. | hustle - cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 2. | hustle - move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | | 3. | hustle - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activitysteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
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