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Webster 1913 Edition


Hustle

Hus′tle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hustled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hustling
.]
[D.
hustelen
to shake, fr.
husten
to shake. Cf.
Hotchpotch
.]
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly;
as, to
hustle
a person out of a room
.
Macaulay.

Hus′tle

,
Verb.
I.
To push or crows; to force one’s way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
Leaving the king, who had
hustled
along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hustle

HUS'TLE

,
Verb.
I.
hus'l. To shake together in confusion; to push or crowd.