different between huddle vs hustle

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide +? -le and/or hide +? -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

huddle (plural huddles)

1. A dense and disorderly crowd.
2. (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
3. (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

Translations

Verb

huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)

1. (intransitive) To crowd together.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4

     During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within.

2. (intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
3. To get together and discuss a topic.
   • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):

     George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials huddled all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said.

4. (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
5. (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

   • Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, […] makes a medley and confusion.

6. (transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
   • 1845, John Henry Newman, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

     Huddle up a peace.

   • Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.

   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady

     Now, in all haste, they huddle on / Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
7. (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

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Adjective

huddle (comparative more huddle, superlative most huddle)

1. Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:

     Gowan snored, each respiration chocking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Verb

hustle (third-person singular simple present hustles, present participle hustling, simple past and past participle hustled)

1. To push someone roughly, to crowd, to jostle.
2. (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
3. (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
4. (transitive) To con or deceive; especially financially.

5. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
6. (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
7. (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
8. (informal) To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
9. To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
10. (informal) To work.
11. (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.

Synonyms

• (to rush): fly, make tracks; see also Thesaurus:rush
• (to deceive): defraud, swindle; see also Thesaurus:deceive
• (to be a prostitute): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
• (to work as a pimp): pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
• (to work): labor

Descendants

• Dutch: hosselen

Translations

Noun

hustle (countable and uncountable, plural hustles)

1. A state of busy activity.
2. A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
3. (preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
4. (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.

Derived terms

• hustle and bustle
• hustler
• hustly
• on the hustle

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References

Anagrams

• Hulets, Lesuth, Lueths, sleuth