hustling
present participle ofhustle
hustle
verb
uk/ˈhʌs.əl/us/ˈhʌs.əl/hustleverb(PUSH)
[Tusually+ adv/prep]
to make someonemovequicklybypushingorpullingthem along:
After giving hisspeech, Johnson was hustled out of thehallbybodyguards.
Fast and rapid
- (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
- apace
- as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
- as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
- at a rate of knotsidiom
- fleet
- have a heavy footidiom
- in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- like a shotidiom
- like a streak of lightningidiom
- prompt
- snap
- spread like wildfireidiom
- super-express
- superfast
- swift
- swiftly
hustleverb(PERSUADE)
[IorT]mainlyUSinformal
totrytopersuadesomeone,especiallytobuysomething, oftenillegally:
to hustle forbusiness/customers
They made alivinghustlingstolengoodson thestreets.
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- blag
- blagger
- chivvy
- fob
- induce
- inveigle
- jolly
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- soft sell
- urge
- work onsomething
- wrap
- wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
Examplesofhustling
hustling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Therefore, it allows, as it has done on this occasion, delaying tactics rather thanhustlingtactics.
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There was no rational ground for all thishustling.
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I have described it as ahustlingmeasure.
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That is combined with a somewhat low grade of physical andhustlingefficiency.
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We should take more time because no one ishustlingus.
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For that, men will keephustlingfrom the crack of dawn until after day is done.
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At one stage the gangster got hold of his victim and washustlinghim from one place to another.
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Also, now that there is to be a right of appeal in each case there can be no question ofhustlingthem out of the country.
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There must be nohustling.
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To talk of cruisers in that relation is rather misleading, because it, gives a picture of a cruiserhustlingabout for 2,500 miles looking for an odd enemy.
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By 16, he was spending time in pool halls,hustling, sports betting, and playing cards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The group started playing their music at local parties andhustlingdemos to kids at school for their lunch money.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was born into a life of gang-wars andhustling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jitney dramatizes the lives of menhustlingto make a living as jitneysunofficial, unlicensed taxi cab drivers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A modern information society makes possible all kinds of new forms ofhustling.
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- research paper
- research paper
- research productivity
- research project
- research project
- research protocol
- research unit
- research vessel
- research-vessel
- re-season
- re-season
- reseat
- resected
- resection
- re-secure
- re-secure
- re-see
- re-see
- resegregate
- resegregation
- resell
- reseller
- resemblance
- resemble
- resembled