Hustle vs. Hassle

Hustle and Hassle Definitions
Hustle
To move or act energetically and rapidly
We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
Hassle
An argument or a fight.
Hustle
To push or force one's way.
Hassle
Trouble; bother.
Hustle
To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
Hassle
To argue or fight
Customers hassling with merchants over high prices.
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Hustle
To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
Hassle
To bother or harass
Street gangs hassling passersby.
Hustle
To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
Hassle
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
Hustle
To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
Hassle
A fight or argument.
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Hustle
To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner
Hustled the prisoner into a van.
Hassle
An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
Hustle
To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry
Hustled the board into a quick decision.
Hassle
(transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
Hustle
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means
Hustled stolen watches.
Hustling spare change.
Hassle
(transitive) To pick a fight or start an argument with.
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Hustle
To pressure into buying or doing something
A barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
Hassle
To engage in a mock dogfight.
Hustle
To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling
Hustle pool.
Hassle
(Philippines) hassling; hasslesome
Hustle
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
Hassle
An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.
Hustle
Energetic activity; drive.
Hassle
Disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance.
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).
Hassle
To dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
Hustle
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
Hassle
To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.
Hustle
(intransitive) To rush or hurry.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
Hassle
To repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.
Hustle
(transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
Hassle
An angry disturbance;
He didn't want to make a fuss
They had labor trouble
A spot of bother
Hustle
(transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially.
The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.
Hassle
Disorderly fighting
Hustle
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
Hassle
Annoy continually or chronically;
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
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