Antonyms for hustle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : huhs-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌs əl

Definition of hustle

Origin : 1680s, "to shake to and fro" (especially of money in a cap, as part of a game called hustle-cap), metathesized from Dutch hutselen, husseln "to shake, to toss," frequentative of hutsen, variant of hotsen "to shake." "The stems hot-, hut- appear in a number of formations in both High and Low German dialects, all implying a shaking movement" [OED]. Related: Hustled; hustling. Meaning "push roughly, shove" first recorded 1751. That of "hurry, move quickly" is from 1812.
The key-note and countersign of life in these cities [of the U.S. West] is the word "hustle." We have caught it in the East. but we use it humorously, just as we once used the Southern word "skedaddle," but out West the word hustle is not only a serious term, it is the most serious in the language. [Julian Ralph, "Our Great West," N.Y., 1893]
Sense of "to get in a quick, illegal manner" is 1840 in American English; that of "to sell goods aggressively" is 1887.

verb hurry; work hurriedly

Example sentences :

You hustle this big bully into the ship, and keep him covered.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

But the officers refused to let him go back, and began to hustle him forward.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Anna, you hustle up some engraved notices to get around to all our friends.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

"We must hustle, if we want to get to Uncle Ike's before dark," Tom declared.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

By the time I found it the train was ready to start and I had to hustle.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

We've had to hustle, but I reckon we've given them a hectic time of it.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

Now, pass your orders for the next play, then hustle into line and snap-back.
Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock

I want you to hustle back to the hotel and tell Frank that I'm here.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish

"I've got to get a hustle on me, if I mean to do anything," he told himself.
Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.

All right, boys, grab them and hustle them over to the jail house!
Extract from : « Jubilation, U.S.A. » by G. L. Vandenburg

Synonyms for hustle

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