grande activité

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{n} hustle
To sell sex, to work as a pimp
To con or deceive

The guy tried to hustle me into buying into a bogus real estate deal.

To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge
To bundle, to stow something quickly

There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.

{v} to shake, toss about, mix by shaking
move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
If someone hustles, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means. We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want I hustled some tickets from a magazine and off we went
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry
A type of dance
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
a rapid bustling commotion
If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. The guards hustled Harry out of the car
Hustle is busy, noisy activity. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London = bustle
If you hustle, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can. You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper They had finished the exam and the teacher was hustling to get the papers gathered up
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
The Hustle marked a return to popular dances where couples danced 'touching' each other In the early 70s a modified 'Lindy' or 'Jitterbug' became popular on the crowded dance floors of New York It was called the Hustle Still popular today, it is danced to modern 'disco' music based on Rhythm and Blues
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room
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