Antonyms for hustling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : huhs-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌs əl |
Definition of hustling
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.
- adj fast-moving
- And a devilish piece of luck it was, for I have been hustling ever since.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- With the four of them hustling, things were speedily arranged.
- Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone
- They have been hustling since then, but we held the lead for a long time.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- The hustling business man who borrows is usually under forty.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- The driver in advance was a hustling fellow, and he had two good horses.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
- His hands were now on the necks of two of the boys and he was hustling them toward the door.
- Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
- He should have remained at home and allowed some hustling Western lawyer to act for him.
- Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill
- His hands were now on the necks of two of the boys, and he was hustling them toward the door.
- Extract from : « Prairie Folks » by Hamlin Garland
- Captain Candage was hustling his daughter toward the companionway.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- (Interrupting and hustling Duke out) You hear what the lady says.
- Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey
Synonyms for hustling
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