different between hustle vs elbow

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

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Hulets, Lesuth, Lueths, sleuth

English

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell +? bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l.b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.bo?/, /??l.bo?/

Noun

elbow (plural elbows)

2. (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

   Synonym: elbow joint

3. (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

4. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
5. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
6. A hit with the elbow.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed)

1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
2. (transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.

Derived terms

• elbower

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot

References

Anagrams

• Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle

Middle English

Noun

elbow

1. Alternative form of elbowe