Verb The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail. The star's manager hustled him out the back door of the theater to avoid the throngs of fans. He's not the most talented player on the team, but he always hustles. He's been hustling drugs for a few years. They hustle diamonds, furs—whatever people are buying.
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When the alarms sounded, Juanico would hustle to grab the clean garments off the clothesline before she was enveloped by dust clouds. Eli Cahan, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 Last week, Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said the coaches would have to hustle to have Williams ready for the season when he became medically cleared to return to the field. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 June 2022 No one has pouted, failed to hustle or responded to the jeering at Comerica Park — even Javier Baez, who has become a favorite target of the boo birds. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022 One key possibility is that one of the parties involved wanted an ESPN story out there, in order to try to hustle the negotiations along, or to try to induce a changed offer or position. Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022 Another Blue Devil error, coming on an errant throw to first on a bunt attempt by senior Luke Wagner, allowed Janzen to hustle his way home for another run. Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 3 June 2022 Drive is one thing, but being able to hustle through it is another thing. Frederick Daso, Forbes, 1 June 2022 Because of the scale and prestige of the military’s training programs, their institutional practices remain highly influential on civilian exercise, which has helped to hustle the sit-up further to the margins over the past few years. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 28 May 2022 The crew’s formula for speed is to hustle up the mountainside with trees, use a tool known as a HoeDad to make a hole, insert the seedling, and then promptly repeat. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen, frequentative of hutsen