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/hˈʌsə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hustle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause someone or something to move quickly
Transitive: to hustle sb somewhere
to hustle definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden noise in the forest hustled the animals away, seeking shelter.
āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāĻšā§ā§œā§‹ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āύ⧋

to proceed with vigor, often involving a sense of urgency
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the busy market, vendors hustle to set up their stalls before the customers arrive.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āϏ⧇āϟ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϟāĻžāύ, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to convince or make someone do something
Ditransitive: to hustle sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The motivational speaker hustled the audience to take action and pursue their dreams.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use assertive and energetic tactics to promote and sell products or services
Transitive: to hustle products or services
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The event promoter knew how to hustle tickets, using creative marketing strategies to boost attendance.
āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§‹āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āĻšāĻžāϏāϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to achieve or acquire something through determined and vigorous efforts
Transitive: to hustle an achievement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hustled a scholarship through hard work and dedication to academics and extracurricular activities.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a state of rapid, busy, or energetic activity

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a lot of hustle and noise in the marketplace.
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

a fraudulent or deceptive scheme or activity designed to obtain money or other benefits through dishonest or illegal means
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The con artist used a fake investment scheme as his latest hustle to defraud investors of millions.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

a project or activity undertaken to earn money or achieve a goal
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her hustle involves teaching online courses on weekends.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāϞ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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