| VERB | motion | hustle | cause to move furtively and hurriedly |
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| motion | hustle, bustle, bustle about | move or cause to move energetically or busily | |
| possession | hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity | |
| possession | hustle | get by trying hard | |
| communication | hustle | pressure or urge someone into an action | |
| NOUN | act | hustle, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, sting, flimflam | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| act | hustle, bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir | a rapid active commotion |
| Sounds | hhah'sahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. | |
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| Synonyms | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, sting, flimflam | |
| Narrower | sting operation | A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) |
| Broader | swindle, cheat, rig | The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
| Spanish | bunco, bunko, camelo, engatusamiento, estafa, fraude, timo | |
| Catalan | bunco, bunko, entabanada, estafa, frau | |
| Meaning | A rapid active commotion. | |
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| Synonyms | bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir | |
| Broader | commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult | The act of making a noisy disturbance |
| Spanish | agitación, ajetreo, alboroto, bulla, bullicio, jaleo, movimiento, revuelo, ruido, tejemaneje, torbellino, tráfago, trajín | |
| Catalan | agitació, bullícia, bullit, desori, enrenou, moviment, tràfec | |
| Verbs | hustle | move or cause to move energetically or busily |
| Meaning | Cause to move furtively and hurriedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater" | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | achuchar, apresurar, azuzar | |
| Catalan | acuitar, apressar | |
| Meaning | Move or cause to move energetically or busily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | bustle, bustle about | |
| Entails | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Nouns | hustle | a rapid active commotion |
| Meaning | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | pluck, roll | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | arramblar | |
| Catalan | arrambar | |
| Nouns | hustler | a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties |
| hustler | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | |
| Meaning | Get by trying hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" | |
| Broader | receive, have | Get something |
| Meaning | Pressure or urge someone into an action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
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