Definition of Hustling

1. Verb. (present participle of hustle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hustling

1. hustle [v] - See also: hustle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hustling

hussies
hussif
hussifs
hussy
husting
hustings
hustle-bustle
hustle alarm
hustle and bustle
hustled
hustlers
hustles
hustling (current term)
hustlings
huswife
huswifely
huswifery
huswifes
huswives
hut
hutch
hutch bladder diverticulum
hutched
hutches
hutching
hutchinson's melanotic freckle
hutchinson syndrome

Literary usage of Hustling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thoughts that Inspire by George H. Knox (1905)
"KEEP hustling. You may strike a day or two When the world looks very blue; ... Good hard work kills mighty few, Probably 'twill not hurt you; Keep hustling. ..."

2. Thunderbolts: Comprising Most Earnest Reasonings, Delightful Narratives by Sam Porter Jones (1895)
"The term " hustling " is intended to convey the idea of continuous and active work. ... We don't seem to be hustling after anything very hard in this world ..."

3. The Philippines to the End of the Commission Government: A Study in Tropical by Charles Burke Elliott (1917)
"... Inaugurated by Governor-General Smith—Its Characteristics—"hustling the East" with Its Own Consent—Education of the People—Success of the Policy. ..."

4. Bothwell: A Tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1874)
"He can no longer see my handkerchief; Let us go in : I will not sit and wait With the street's hustling faces in my sight. [Exeunt. ..."

5. Selected Articles on Immigration by Mary Katharine Reely (1915)
"July 12, 1913 California's hustling Japanese You can not hire white men in California to wade through the tule dust in the Sacramento and San Joaquin deltas ..."

6. American Industrial Conditions and Competition: Reports of the Commissioners by British Iron Trade Association, James Stephen Jeans (1902)
"hustling. The remarkable quickness with which the American system of hustling enables work to be got ... A great deal might be said on the hustling habits ..."

7. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"of Torcello, near Venice, once a hustling commercial seaport town. This mouldering church contains both the Bema of the primitive, and the choir of the ..."

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