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HUSTLED
Verb
hustled
simple past tense and past participle of hustle
Source: Wiktionary
HUSTLE
Hus"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling.] Etym: [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.]
Definition: To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Macaulay.
Hus"tle, v. i.
Definition: To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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