See Also: hustle(1)(dictionary)
hustle(2)(dictionary)
Hustle - Poker(gambling)
hustle 1, verb(dictionary)
hustle 2, noun(dictionary)

mow(5) (iou) and hustle(2) (iou)


mow(5) (iou)



mow verb2 trans. Now dial. ME.
[from MOW noun1.]
Put (hay, corn, etc.) in stacks or heaps. Also foll. by up.

hustle(2) (iou)



hustle verb. L17.
[Middle & mod. Dutch husselen, hutselen shake, toss, frequentative of hutsen = Middle High German hutzen (cf. hussen run, hutschen push), from Germanic imit. base.]
I. verb trans.
Shake to and fro, shake about; toss (money) in the game of hustle-cap (see below). L17-M19.
Push roughly, jostle, esp. in order to rob; thrust (a person) into, out of, through, etc.; impel unceremoniously into an action etc.; cause to hurry. M18.
Smollett I was hussled by those rebellious rapscallions. R. K. Narayan Banks..could not be hustled; they had their own pace of work. W. Wharton He grabs me by the arm and hustles me down a tunnel. D. Lessing White clouds..were being ripped and hustled and rolled across a mauve silk sky. New Yorker Transvestites hustled white men in business suits.
Obtain or produce by forceful action; steal, swindle. Also foll. by up. US colloq. M19.
P. Mansfield Perhaps they can hustle up some coffee.
Sell or serve (goods etc.), esp. aggressively. N. Amer. slang. L19.
P. Booth I'm afraid they make poor Nixon look like he's hustling Real Estate.
II. verb intrans.
Crowd together, jostle each Other; push one's way; push roughly against. E19.
M. Kingsley The woman will accuse some man of having hustled against her. M. S. Gatty The tortoise began to hustle under the leaves and rubbish.
Move hastily, hurry, bustle. E19.
K. Kesey I'll have to hustle to catch up.
Engage in prostitution. slang. E20.
R. Brautigan She was hustling for a spade pimp.
Comb.: hustle-cap (now rare or obsolete) a form of pitch-and-toss, in which the coins were shaken in a cap or hat before being tossed.