Hustle
verb
To make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them roughly.
The guards hustled the prisoner into the cell.
verb
To hurry or rush.
He had to hustle to get to class on time.
verb
To work really hard or quickly to achieve something.
She had to hustle to get her startup running successfully.
noun
Busy and noisy activity.
The hustle and bustle of the city center excited him.
Often appears as...
- hustle and bustle
- city hustle
verb
To obtain something by deceitful or illegal means.
He hustled money from the unsuspecting tourists.
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
verb
To make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them roughly.
The guards hustled the prisoner into the cell.
verb
To hurry or rush.
He had to hustle to get to class on time.
verb
To work really hard or quickly to achieve something.
She had to hustle to get her startup running successfully.
noun
Busy and noisy activity.
The hustle and bustle of the city center excited him.
Often appears as...
- hustle and bustle
- city hustle
verb
To obtain something by deceitful or illegal means.
He hustled money from the unsuspecting tourists.
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical force
Indicates the use of physical force in a somewhat rough manner.
During the evacuation, everyone was hustled out of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often suggests a lack of consent or willingness in the person being moved.
Protesters were hustled away by the police.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical force
Indicates the use of physical force in a somewhat rough manner.
During the evacuation, everyone was hustled out of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often suggests a lack of consent or willingness in the person being moved.
Protesters were hustled away by the police.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical force
Indicates the use of physical force in a somewhat rough manner.
During the evacuation, everyone was hustled out of the building.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often suggests a lack of consent or willingness in the person being moved.
Protesters were hustled away by the police.
Never forget "Hustle"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Mick Ebeling: The...
So there's all this hustle and bustle going on for the big unveiling. And after over a year of planning, two weeks of programming, carb-fest and all-night sessions, Tony drew again for the first time in seven years. And this is an amazing picture, because this is his life support system, and he's looking over his life support system.
Video examples
How burnout makes us...
that helps us develop our identity, process social interactions, and it even influences our internal moral compass. Our need for a break flies in the face of our cultural narrative about hustling, in other words, the stories that we as a society tell each other about what success looks like and what it takes to get there.
Video examples
How Hip-Hop Can Make...
You self-sufficient cause you get it from me That light bill from the sun paid definitely Don't let them hustle you your power cause the energy free I gave mountains to guide you And rivers to ride through Trees to help you breathe but don't seem to be mindful that other creatures need ya cause they live here beside you
Video examples
This is the side hustle...
Self-made millionaires tend to have one big trait in they make decisions, hold themselves accountable and push through in the face of challenges. A side hustle is a great way to try out being your own boss and see if you have those skills before fully stepping out on your own. Third, people are multipassionate.
Video examples
There's more to life...
The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself, but in a completely different transcendence. Transcendent states are those rare moments when you're lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life, your sense of self fades away, and you feel connected to a higher reality.
Video examples
Jeff Smith: Lessons in...
There's pretty illegal You run a tattoo parlor out of your own cell. And there's very illegal hustles, which you smuggle in, you get smuggled in, drugs, pornography, cell phones, and just as in the outer world, there's a risk-reward tradeoff, so the riskier the enterprise,
Video examples
United by Ping Pong,...
you can play with me just be my consistent partner so I said twenty bucks it's a hustle I'll make that money so I played with this guy for like I don't know like six months and then we started becoming friends and then uh this guy sent me the Germany flight paid
Video examples
On Black Lives Matter,...
what do you know there's just a whole lot of police out here being what they do being police be smart that's all I for saying you be smart that's all it is to it I don't know what you're doing if that's your hustle you
Video examples
What Aristotle and...
Pathos The concert hall is designed for an emotional bond between an audience and an artist, a subway platform is not. The hustle and movement and stress is just not conducive
Video examples
Gorilla Manners PIPE...
so playing near their father they're hustling
Video examples
Mick Ebeling: The...
So there's all this hustle and bustle going on for the big unveiling. And after over a year of planning, two weeks of programming, carb-fest and all-night sessions, Tony drew again for the first time in seven years. And this is an amazing picture, because this is his life support system, and he's looking over his life support system.
Video examples
How burnout makes us...
that helps us develop our identity, process social interactions, and it even influences our internal moral compass. Our need for a break flies in the face of our cultural narrative about hustling, in other words, the stories that we as a society tell each other about what success looks like and what it takes to get there.
Video examples
How Hip-Hop Can Make...
You self-sufficient cause you get it from me That light bill from the sun paid definitely Don't let them hustle you your power cause the energy free I gave mountains to guide you And rivers to ride through Trees to help you breathe but don't seem to be mindful that other creatures need ya cause they live here beside you
Video examples
This is the side hustle...
Self-made millionaires tend to have one big trait in they make decisions, hold themselves accountable and push through in the face of challenges. A side hustle is a great way to try out being your own boss and see if you have those skills before fully stepping out on your own. Third, people are multipassionate.
Video examples
There's more to life...
The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself, but in a completely different transcendence. Transcendent states are those rare moments when you're lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life, your sense of self fades away, and you feel connected to a higher reality.
Video examples
Jeff Smith: Lessons in...
There's pretty illegal You run a tattoo parlor out of your own cell. And there's very illegal hustles, which you smuggle in, you get smuggled in, drugs, pornography, cell phones, and just as in the outer world, there's a risk-reward tradeoff, so the riskier the enterprise,
Video examples
United by Ping Pong,...
you can play with me just be my consistent partner so I said twenty bucks it's a hustle I'll make that money so I played with this guy for like I don't know like six months and then we started becoming friends and then uh this guy sent me the Germany flight paid
Video examples
On Black Lives Matter,...
what do you know there's just a whole lot of police out here being what they do being police be smart that's all I for saying you be smart that's all it is to it I don't know what you're doing if that's your hustle you
Video examples
What Aristotle and...
Pathos The concert hall is designed for an emotional bond between an audience and an artist, a subway platform is not. The hustle and movement and stress is just not conducive
Video examples
Gorilla Manners PIPE...
so playing near their father they're hustling
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Mahershala Ali
American Actor
The real guys that I knew were really cool people, who I played basketball with and traveled with on teams and knew their families and knew that they love their family. They just happen to do something that wasn't all the way legal, but it was a part of their life, and you knew that they hustled.
Quote examples
Sunny Singh
Indian Actor
Fathers have a quality of responsibility and coming back home from work after the daily hustle and the best thing is that despite the hustle and problems, they will still have a smile on their faces which is a very special quality.
Quote examples
Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
This industry is all about work, and just because Sundance exposed me to the world, it is my job to stay deserving in that world. The work never ends; the hustle just get harder, and you get stronger!
Quote examples
Charles Bukowski
American Author
When I say that basically writing is a hard hustle, I don't mean that it is a bad life, if one can get away with it. It's the miracle of miracles to make a living by the typer.
Quote examples
Wolfman Jack
American Entertainer
It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.
Quote examples
Ilana Glazer
American Actress
What's fun is that the characters in 'Broad City' are rushing and hustling, and our process reflects that.
Quote examples
Tom Freston
American Businessman
I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.
Quote examples
Sayani Gupta
Indian Actress
Human beings needed to slow down. We had been living a life full of hustle.
Quote examples
Dan Pena
American Businessman
All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!
Quote examples
Jay Rock
American Musician
Hustle like you broke and keep that passion.
Quote examples
Mahershala Ali
American Actor
The real guys that I knew were really cool people, who I played basketball with and traveled with on teams and knew their families and knew that they love their family. They just happen to do something that wasn't all the way legal, but it was a part of their life, and you knew that they hustled.
Quote examples
Sunny Singh
Indian Actor
Fathers have a quality of responsibility and coming back home from work after the daily hustle and the best thing is that despite the hustle and problems, they will still have a smile on their faces which is a very special quality.
Quote examples
Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
This industry is all about work, and just because Sundance exposed me to the world, it is my job to stay deserving in that world. The work never ends; the hustle just get harder, and you get stronger!
Quote examples
Charles Bukowski
American Author
When I say that basically writing is a hard hustle, I don't mean that it is a bad life, if one can get away with it. It's the miracle of miracles to make a living by the typer.
Quote examples
Wolfman Jack
American Entertainer
It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.
Quote examples
Ilana Glazer
American Actress
What's fun is that the characters in 'Broad City' are rushing and hustling, and our process reflects that.
Quote examples
Tom Freston
American Businessman
I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.
Quote examples
Sayani Gupta
Indian Actress
Human beings needed to slow down. We had been living a life full of hustle.
Quote examples
Dan Pena
American Businessman
All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!
Quote examples
Jay Rock
American Musician
Hustle like you broke and keep that passion.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension