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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

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