Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hustle"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hustled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hustling}.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
{Hotchpotch}.]
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
room. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i.
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and
with confusion; a hurry.

Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with
his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W.
Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hustle
n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco
game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick},
{confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {sting}, {flimflam}]
2: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {bustle}, {flurry}, {ado},
{fuss}, {stir}]
v 1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service
agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
performance" [syn: {bustle}, {bustle about}]
3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
esp. underhanded activity [syn: {pluck}, {roll}]


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