hustle
noun/ˈhʌsl/
/ˈhʌsl/
- [uncountable] busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place
- We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend.
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a situation in which somebody uses dishonest or illegal methods in order to achieve something, usually to get money
- Many ex-convicts find it hard to get regular work and return to their old hustles.
- There is a long list of hustles used to avoid the draft.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘shake, toss’): from Middle Dutch hutselen. Sense (5) dates from the early 20th cent.
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