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English noun: hustle | |||
| 1. | hustle (act) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | ||
| Synonyms | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, sting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, rig, swindle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sting operation | ||
| 2. | hustle (act) a rapid active commotion | ||
| Synonyms | ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult | ||
English verb: hustle | |||
| 1. | hustle (motion) cause to move furtively and hurriedly | ||
| Samples | The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| 2. | hustle (motion) move or cause to move energetically or busily | ||
| Samples | The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance. | ||
| Synonyms | bustle, bustle about | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Entail | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
| 3. | hustle (possession) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | ||
| Synonyms | pluck, roll | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
| 4. | hustle (possession) get by trying hard | ||
| Samples | She hustled a free lunch from the waiter. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | have, receive | ||
| 5. | hustle (communication) pressure or urge someone into an action | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persuade | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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