HUSTLING

Verb

hustling

present participle of hustle

Noun

hustling (plural hustlings)

Act of one who hustles.

Anagrams

• sunlight, unlights

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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