Dictionary Entry
hustle
hustle is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.
- 2intransitive verb
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
- 3noun
a rapid active commotion
- 4noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- 5verb
pressure or urge someone into an action
- 6verb
move or cause to move energetically or busily
"The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
Synonyms
- 7verb
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
"The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
- 8verb
get by trying hard
"she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
- 9verb
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
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