hustle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Types & categories
- swindle hypernym
- sting operation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a rapid active commotion
Types & categories
- ruction hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
move or cause to move energetically or busily
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Types & categories
- steal hypernym
Related & opposite
- wheeler dealer derivation
- hustler derivation
Sense 6 verb
get by trying hard
she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
Types & categories
- receive hypernym
Sense 7 verb
pressure or urge someone into an action
Types & categories
- persuade hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | goldbrick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | swindle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting operation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bustle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flurry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bustle |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | speed |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wheeler dealer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hustler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | steal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | receive |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuade |