hustle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a rapid active commotion
• Syn:
bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
• Derivationally related forms:
fuss (for: fuss), flurry (for: flurry), bustle (for: bustle)
• Hypernyms:
commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
2. 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, sting, flimflam
• Derivationally related forms:
flim-flam (for: flimflam), gyp (for: gyp), con (for: con), bunco (for: bunco)
• Hypernyms:
swindle, cheat, rig
• Hyponyms:
sting operation

II - verb

1. cause to move furtively and hurriedly (Freq. 2)
- The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. move or cause to move energetically or busily (Freq. 1)
- The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
• Syn:
bustle, bustle about
• Derivationally related forms:
bustle (for: bustle)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Entailment:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
• Syn:
pluck, roll
• Derivationally related forms:
hustler
• Hypernyms:
steal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
4. get by trying hard
- she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
• Hypernyms:
receive, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. pressure or urge someone into an action
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir, pluck, roll, bustle about