different between spindle vs hustle

English

Alternative forms

• spindel (obsolete)
• spinnel (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin +? -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?nd?l/
• Hyphenation: spin?dle
• Rhymes: -?nd?l

Noun

spindle (plural spindles)

1. (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
2. A rod which turns, or on which something turns.

   the spindle of a vane
3. A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
4. Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
5. An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
6. The fusee of a watch.
7. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
8. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
9. (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
10. Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
11. Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
12. (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
13. (coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
14. (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.

Synonyms

• (a tree from the Euonymus genus): spindle tree

Hypernyms

• (a tree from the Euonymus genus): euonymus

Derived terms

• hemispindle
• sleep spindle
• spindle poison
• spindle toxin

Translations

Verb

spindle (third-person singular simple present spindles, present participle spindling, simple past and past participle spindled)

1. (transitive) To make into a long tapered shape.
2. (intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape.
3. (transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.

   Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.

Translations

Further reading

• Spindle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spindle (textiles) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• spindle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• spindel, splined

Middle English

Noun

spindle

1. Alternative form of spyndel

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