hustle :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir

n. a rapid active commotion

bunco, bunko, con, gyp, sting, flimflam, confidence game, con game, bunco game, bunko game

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

hustle

v. cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

bustle, bustle about

v. move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

roll, pluck

v. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

brouhaha, uproar, hubbub

n. loud confused noise from many sources

scamper, scramble, scurry

n. rushing about hastily in an undignified way

fraud

n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

n. the act of deceiving

heist, rip-off

n. the act of stealing

trick

n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

elbow

v. push one's way with the elbows

shove, jostle

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

shoulder, lift onto one's shoulders

v. lift onto one's shoulders

shoulder, carry a burden

v. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"

thrust, shove, squeeze, stuff

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

shoot, dash, scud, dart, flash, scoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scramble, move hastily

v. to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"

scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter, move rapidly

v. to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

flutter, palpitate, beat rapidly

v. beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"

waver, flutter, flicker, quiver, flitter

v. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

hum, thrum

v. sound with a monotonous hum

buzz, bombinate, bombilate

v. make a buzzing sound; "bees were buzzing around the hive"

drone

v. make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"

purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz, birr

v. make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"

click, tick

v. make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

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