Hustle vs. Hustler — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hustle and Hustler
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Hustle
Push roughly; jostle
They were hissed and hustled as they went in
Hustler
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Hustle
Obtain illicitly or by forceful action
Linda hustled money from men she met
Hustler
To move or act energetically and rapidly
We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
Hustle
Engage in prostitution
She would hustle for a few dollars
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Hustler
To push or force one's way.
Hustle
A state of great activity
The hustle and bustle of the big cities
Hustler
To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
Hustle
A fraud or swindle
The hustles being used to avoid the draft
Hustler
To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
Hustle
To move or act energetically and rapidly
We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
Hustler
To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
Hustle
To push or force one's way.
Hustler
To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
Hustle
To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
Hustler
To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner
Hustled the prisoner into a van.
Hustle
To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
Hustler
To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry
Hustled the board into a quick decision.
Hustle
To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
Hustler
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means
Hustled stolen watches.
Hustling spare change.
Hustle
To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
Hustler
To pressure into buying or doing something
A barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
Hustle
To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner
Hustled the prisoner into a van.
Hustler
To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling
Hustle pool.
Hustle
To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry
Hustled the board into a quick decision.
Hustler
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
Hustle
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means
Hustled stolen watches.
Hustling spare change.
Hustler
Energetic activity; drive.
Hustle
To pressure into buying or doing something
A barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
Hustler
(Slang) An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit
"the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all" (Newsweek).
Hustle
To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling
Hustle pool.
Hustler
One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.
Hustle
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
Hustler
Somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets.
Hustle
Energetic activity; drive.
Hustler
A pimp.
Hustle
(Slang) An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit
"the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all" (Newsweek).
Hustler
A prostitute.
Hustle
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
Hustler
A male prostitute who sells his services to men.
Hustle
(intransitive) To rush or hurry.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
Hustler
A charlatan, huckster, grifter, swindler, a scoundrel.
Hustle
(transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
Hustler
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Hustle
(transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially.
The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
Hustler
A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
Hustle
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
Hustle
(informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
Hustle
(informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
Hustle
(informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
Hustle
To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
Hustle
(informal) To work.
Hustle
(informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.
Hustle
A state of busy activity.
Hustle
A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
Hustle
(preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
Hustle
(prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
Hustle
(slang) An act of prostitution.
Hustle
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.
Hustle
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.
Hustle
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Hustle
A rapid bustling commotion
Hustle
Cause to move furtively and hurriedly;
The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
Hustle
Move or cause to move energetically or busily;
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Hustle
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
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