HUSTLE, HUSTLED, HUSTLING
ADJECTIVES
► BANGELLED knocked about, hustled → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► JOHNNY RUSSELL bustle, hustle → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► SLOW TRACK the hustling scene in a quiet, small city or town → 1960s African-American sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GAMER a pimp; a confidence trickster; one who lives by their wits; a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life → 1975 sl.
► HASHER a careless, hustling person; a workman capable of getting through a good deal of work quickly in a rough and ready fashion → 1875 Sc.
► SLICKSTER a cheat, a smooth talker, a hustler → 1950s sl. orig. US Black
► TARGER a big, active, hustling person → 1860 Sc.
► TRASH MOVER an energetic, hustling person → 1903 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► BALLYRAG to play a practical joke; to mob or hustle a person → Bk1898 Brit. sl.
► FLAT AROUND to stir, to hustle → 1901 Amer. dial.
► IFLE to drive away roughly; to hustle → 1879 Eng. dial.
► PUSSIVANT to push or pull a person unceremoniously; to hustle → 1858 obs.
► REESHLE to beat soundly; to drive with blows; to hustle → 1853 Sc.
► SCRAMBLE to live hand-to-mouth by a variety of hustles → 1989 US sl.
► TARGE to bustle about, to hustle, to go at a task in an active, vigorous manner → 1825 Sc.
► TO-PUSH to push about, to hustle → a1300 obs.