hustle
English Thesaurus
1. a rapid active commotion (noun.act)
2. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
hypernym | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | sting operation, |
definition | : | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) (noun.act) |
3. pressure or urge someone into an action (verb.communication)
hypernym | : | persuade, |
definition | : | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm (verb.communication) |
4. move or cause to move energetically or busily (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | move, |
definition | : | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion) |
entail | : | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, |
definition | : | move fast (verb.motion) |
5. cause to move furtively and hurriedly (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | displace, move, |
definition | : | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion) |
6. get by trying hard (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | have, receive, |
definition | : | get something; come into possession of (verb.possession) |
7. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | steal, |
definition | : | take without the owner's consent (verb.possession) |
8. a rapid active commotion (noun.act)
derivation | : | flurry, |
definition | : | move in an agitated or confused manner (verb.motion) |
9. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
10. move or cause to move energetically or busily (verb.motion)
11. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity (verb.possession)
12. a rapid active commotion (noun.act)
derivation | : | flurry, |
definition | : | move in an agitated or confused manner (verb.motion) |
13. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
14. move or cause to move energetically or busily (verb.motion)
15. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity (verb.possession)
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