hustle
US: /ˈhəsəɫ/
UK: /hˈʌsəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
hustle /'hʌsl/- danh từ
- sự xô đẩy, sự chen lấn
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự chạy đua xoay xở làm tiền
- ngoại động từ
- xô đẩy, chen lấn, ẩy
- to be hustled in the crowd: bị xô đẩy trong đám đông
- to hustle someone into the carriage: ẩy ai vào trong xe
- thúc ép, bắt buộc, ép buộc
- to hustle someone into doing something: thúc ép ai phải làm gì
- xô đẩy, chen lấn, ẩy
- nội động từ
- ((thường) + agaisnt, thruogh) xô đẩy, chen lấn, len qua
- to hustle against someone: xô đẩy chen lấn ai
- to hustle through the crowd: len qua đám đông
- lật đật, vội vã, hối hả ngược xuôi
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hết sức xoay xở ngược xuôi (để làm tiền, để chạy việc...)
- ((thường) + agaisnt, thruogh) xô đẩy, chen lấn, len qua
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
1 [VN +adv./prep.] to make sb move quickly by pushing them in a rough aggressive way: He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room. + I was hustled into a waiting car.
2 [VN] ~ sb (into sth) to force sb to make a decision before they are ready or sure: All the family felt that Stephen had been hustled into the engagement by Claire.
3 (informal, especially AmE) to sell or obtain sth, often illegally: [VN] to hustle dope + [V] They survive by hustling on the streets.
4 [V] (AmE, informal) to act in an aggressive way or with a lot of energy
5 [V] (AmE, slang) to work as a prostitute
+ noun [U] busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place: We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 rush, push, hurry, hasten, run, dash, scamper, scuttle, scurry, sprint:
Mrs Grumble hustles off to the market every morning. He said that one must really hustle to make a living these days
2 shove, push, drive, force, hasten, expedite, press:
The bill was hustled through the legislature in just one day.
3 shove, crowd, push, jostle, elbow, thrust, force:
She tried to hustle her way to the front of the queue.
4 push, eject, force, coerce, drive, Colloq bounce:
He was hustled out the back door.
n.
5 pushing, jostling, buffeting, jarring, elbowing, shoving, nudging:
We always take taxis to avoid the hustle in the underground.
6 activity, action, stir, movement:
I can't concentrate with all the hustle and bustle going on in the office.
Concise dictionary
hustles|hustled|hustling'hʌslnoun
+a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
+a rapid active commotion
verb
+cause to move furtively and hurriedly
+move or cause to move energetically or busily
+sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
