hustle
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
- 2.
(intransitive)To rush or hurry.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
- 3.
(transitive)To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- 4.
(transitive)To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
- 5.
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
- 6.
(informal)To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- 7.
(informal)To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- 8.
(informal)To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
- 9.
(informal)To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
- 10.
To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
- 11.
(informal)To work.
- 12.
(informal)To put a lot of effort into one's work.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A state of busy activity.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(preceded by a definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle (1975).
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A scam or swindle.
- 5.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
- 6.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An act of prostitution.
- 7.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.
Everybody's got a hustle.
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From Dutch husselen or by from Dutch hutselen (to shake up), a frequentative of hutsen (to stir, to move something (back and forth)).