1. Move or cause to move energetically or busily
   "The cheerleaders hustled about excitedly before their performance";
   - bustle, bustle about
    
2. Cause to move furtively and hurriedly
   "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheatre"
    
3. Pressure or urge someone into an action
   "The salesman hustled the customer into buying the expensive model"
    
4. [informal] Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
   "The con artist hustled unsuspecting tourists";
   - pluck, roll
    
5. [informal] Get by trying hard
   "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"

1. A rapid active commotion
   "There was much hustle about the celebrity's arrival";
   - bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
    
2. [informal] A scheme to defraud by gaining someone's confidence
   "The couple fell victim to a hustle and lost their life savings";
   - bunco [N. Amer, informal], bunco game [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], bunko game [N. Amer, informal], con [informal], confidence trick [Brit], confidence game [N. Amer], con game [N. Amer, informal], sting [informal], flimflam [informal], con trick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: hustling, hustles, hustled

Type of: bunfight [Brit, informal], bun-fight [Brit, informal], cheat, commotion, displace, fraud, have, move, persuade, receive, rig [archaic], rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], ruckus [informal], ruction [informal], rumpus [informal], steal, swindle, tumult

Encyclopedia: Hustle, Virginia