Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hustle
Hustle
hustle
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. push roughly; jostle. 2 tr. a (foll. by into, out of, etc.) force, coerce, or deal with hurriedly or unceremoniously (hustled them out of the room). b (foll. by into) coerce hurriedly (was hustled into agreeing). 3 intr. push one's way; hurry, bustle. 4 tr. sl. a obtain by forceful action. b swindle. 5 intr. sl. engage in prostitution. --n. 1 an act or instance of hustling. 2 colloq. a fraud or swindle. Etymology: MDu. husselen shake, toss, frequent. of hutsen, orig. imit.
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verb (~d; hustling) Etymology: Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen, frequentative of hutsen Date: 1720 transitive verb 1. jostle, shove, to convey forcibly or hurriedly, to urge forward precipitately, 2. to obtain by energetic activity , to sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity , to sell or promote energetically and aggressively , to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game) , intransitive verb shove, press, hasten, hurry, 3. to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business, to obtain money by fraud or deception, to engage in prostitution, to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner, ~ noun ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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