an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
2.
Slang. a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler.
3.
Informal. an expert gambler or game player who seeks out challengers, esp. unsuspecting amateur ones, in order to win money from them: He earned his living as a pool hustler.
To move or act energetically and rapidly: We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
To push or force one's way.
To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
Slang
To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
To misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
v.
tr.
To push or convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van.
To cause or urge to proceed quickly; hurry: hustled the board into a quick decision.
Slang
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means: hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
To pressure into buying or doing something: a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling: hustle pool.
n.
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
Energetic activity; drive.
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).
[Dutch husselen, to shake, from Middle Dutch hustelen, frequentative of hutsen.] hus'tler n.
n. a gambler in a pool hall. : He made a lot of money as a hustler.
n. a swindler; a con artist. : The chick is a real hustler. I wouldn't trust her at all.
n. a prostitute. : A lot of hustlers are hooked on horse.
n. a stud; a man who is notoriously good with women. : He thinks he's a hustler. The chicks think he's a wimp.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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