hustle
    n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
         person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
         game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
         confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
         flimflam]
    2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
       ado, fuss, stir]
    v 1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service
         agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
    2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
       cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
       performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
    3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
       especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
       roll]
    4: get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the
       waiter"
    5: pressure or urge someone into an action

Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
   Hotchpotch.]
   To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
   rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
   room. --Macaulay.
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Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i.
   To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and
   with confusion; a hurry.
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         Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with
         his dress worfully arrayed.              --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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