hustle

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Every kid in there made money by pure hustle.

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Quick take

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hustle gathered in one view.

noun

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

noun

a rapid active commotion

verb

cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hustle.

noun

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

noun

a rapid active commotion

See also: bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir

verb

cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

verb

move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

verb

sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

verb

get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"

verb

pressure or urge someone into an action

Example sentences

Every kid in there made money by pure hustle.

Outside of that, you need to hustle hard to get your app featured in other places.

You don't make a whole lot of money and you have to hustle to sign up every act you can.

We hustle and email and tweet a lot of reporters, etc, try to get interviews.

Sure they have a style about them that may put many off, but they hustle and they truly care about their product.

There are a lot of businesses that start out that way. Probably my favorite example is ZeroCater, which -- to my understanding -- was a cell phone, a Googledoc spreadsheet, and a lot of hustle.

I figure in both cases we're talking about someone who did something deceptive and wrong in the supposed name of entrepreneurial hustle.

From the arid depths of Mali to the mountains of Tajikistan to the hustle and bustle of Mumbai to the slums of Manila, access to computers and to the internet will be nearly universal.

You have actually shipped a software product. You won't believe me when I tell you, but many, many people who you might think are better fits for incubators cannot actually ship a software product. You have also successfully demonstrated hustle, by being able to walk into a furniture store and ask them for money, which is something which is lamentably rare among people who are capable of actually shipping software products.

Rather, it is squarely on building you as an entrepreneur in order to empower you to build your business, equip you to hustle up more traction, and provide you with the tools to raise money to continue accelerating your growth if you want.

'unadulterated hustle' and 'unscrupulous behavior' are surely not synonymous.

Airbnb, who Dave uses as an example of a billionaire startup club member, is the definition of an underdog making the big time through pure hustle -- I seem to recall a story about selling cereal boxes to make ends meet before funding started to pour in post incubation

>Im going to make, market, and hustle my iPhone apps like my life depends on itWhy can't I find a link or description to them anywhere in your post?Im the breadwinner with a wife and daughter to support, My wife is due to have our second child in 8 weeks, Were currently building a house, and the builders bills will soon arrive I may be the only person to say it, but I don't think quitting your day job at this time is a good idea.