ALL meanings of hustling
hus·tle
H h - verb without object hustling to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order. 1
- verb without object hustling to push or force one's way; jostle or shove. 1
- verb without object hustling to be aggressive, especially in business or other financial dealings. 1
- verb without object hustling Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means. 1
- verb without object hustling Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients. 1
- verb with object hustling to convey or cause to move, especially to leave, roughly or hurriedly: They hustled him out of the bar. 1
- verb with object hustling to pressure or coerce (a person) to buy or do something: to hustle the customers into buying more drinks. 1
- verb with object hustling to urge, prod, or speed up: Hustle your work along. 1
- verb with object hustling to obtain by aggressive or illicit means: He could always hustle a buck or two from some sucker. 1
- verb with object hustling to beg; solicit. 1
- verb with object hustling to sell in or work (an area), especially by high-pressure tactics: The souvenir venders began hustling the town at dawn. 1
- verb with object hustling to sell aggressively: to hustle souvenirs. 1
- verb with object hustling to jostle, push, or shove roughly. 1
- verb with object hustling Slang. to induce (someone) to gamble or to promote (a gambling game) when the odds of winning are overwhelmingly in one's own favor. 1
- verb with object hustling Slang. to cheat; swindle: They hustled him out of his savings. 1
- verb with object hustling Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit (someone). to attempt to persuade (someone) to have sexual relations. to promote or publicize in a lively, vigorous, or aggressive manner: an author hustling her new book on the TV talk shows. 1
- noun hustling energetic activity, as in work. 1
- noun hustling discourteous shoving, pushing, or jostling. 1
- noun hustling Slang. an inducing by fraud, pressure, or deception, especially of inexperienced or uninformed persons, to buy something, to participate in an illicit scheme, dishonest gambling game, etc. such a product, scheme, gambling game, etc. 1
- noun hustling Informal. a competitive struggle: the hustle to earn a living. 1
- noun hustling 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. 1
- noun hustling Present participle of hustle. 1
- noun hustling Act of one who hustles. 0