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tousle
English
Alternative forms
- touzle, toozle, tussle
Etymology
From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse +? -le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?.z?l/
- (US, also) IPA(key): /?ta?.s?l/
- Rhymes: -a?z?l
Verb
tousle (third-person singular simple present tousles, present participle tousling, simple past and past participle tousled)
- To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
Noun
tousle (plural tousles)
- The action of ruffling or setting in disorder.
- 2015, Carla Cassidy, A Real Cowboy (page 264)
- Cassie reached over and gave Sammy's dark hair a tousle.
- 2015, Carla Cassidy, A Real Cowboy (page 264)
Anagrams
- lutose, solute, tousel
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hustle
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)
- To push someone roughly, to crowd, to jostle.
- (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
- (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- (transitive) To con or deceive; especially financially.
- To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
- (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- (informal) To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
- To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
- (informal) To work.
- (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)
- A state of busy activity.
- A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
- (preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
- (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
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