HyperDic: hustler

English > 2 senses of the word hustler:
NOUNperson hustler, streetwalker, street girl, hooker, floozy, floozie, slatterna prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
person hustler, wheeler dealer, operatora shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
hustler > pronunciation
Soundshhah'sahler; hhah'sler
Rhymesalveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler...
English > hustler: 2 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningA prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
Synonymsstreetwalker, street girl, hooker, floozy, floozie, slattern
Broaderprostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the streetA woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Spanishbuscona, cantonera, coima, cualquiera, fulana, furcia, gigoló, golfa, hetaira, lumi, meretriz, mesalina, mujer publica, pelandusca, pendón, prostituta, puta callejera, puta, puto, rabiza, ramera, zorra
Catalanbagassa, bandarra, bardaixa, barjaula, donota, marfanta, meuca, pendó, puta
Verbshustlesell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity
English > hustler: 2 senses > noun 2, person
MeaningA shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.
Synonymswheeler dealer, operator
Narrowerwire-pullerOne who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls ... / pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
Broaderopportunist, self-seekerA person who places expediency above principle
Usage ofcolloquialismA colloquial expression
Verbshustlesell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity

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