To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
I'll have to hustle to get there on time.
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(US) To do a better job of hustling than.
An American verb meaning to outperform someone by working harder, moving faster, or grinding more persistently — to hustle more effectively than the competition. Used heavily in sports commentary, business motivation culture, and hip-hop. The premise is that hustle (effort, drive, relentless work) is a scalable quality and that you can always outdo someone in that dimension even if you can't outskill them.
(US, slang, intransitive) To eavesdrop.
I have never got up at 430am so consistently as I have since I started working for myself and doing narration work. This was supposed to be my "side hustle" and yet...
“I have never got up at 430am so consistently as I have since I started working for myself and doing narration work. This was supposed to be my "side hustle" and yet...”
“I just made $5,300 from one digital product sale 🥰💕. Your first 10K is hustle. Your first 50K is strategy 💞 ♟️”
“"It's like Pam Bondi got Harmeet Dhillon on TaskRabbit to represent her in the oversight hearings." Melissa Murray and Tim Miller on the DOJ official treating her government job like a side hustle.”
(intransitive) To rush or hurry.
Men in dairy lunches were hustling to gulp down the food which cooks had hustled to fry
“TRIVIA TUESDAY ⚡🪄 Salt-N-Pepa weren't just "Push It." Did you know they were originally called Super Nature? They were working at Sears when they cut their first track. Real hustle right there. 🎧💪 #SaltNPepa #HipHopHistory #Trivia”
“Want to make money while you sleep? "Side Hustle to Passive Income" shows you how to turn spare time into steady cash flow—for just $9.97. https://buy.stripe.com/4gMeVfc24dcq4nPbsQ9AA01”
“A raise is taxed at your marginal rate — so side hustle income is tax-advantaged, not just a cash grab.”
“HERE’S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO: Affordable housing; Yes. But listen, build it all on the outskirts of LA. So people perpetually want to flock to outside the hustle and bustling stress that’s going on. Then, as that populates factor economics of increases per diem you feel me.”
“Next stop…. #NYC !! Hoping to do a little side hustle work while I’m in New York… 😈”
(transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.
“>> No, because I love Dempsey Hustle.”
“>> that's hilarious. Nipy hustle.”
“>> No, because I love Dempsey Hustle.”
“>> that's hilarious. Nipy hustle.”