Hustler

Word HUSTLER
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈhʌsləɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Hustler"

What do we mean by hustler?

One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.

Somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets.

A pimp.

A prostitute.

A charlatan, huckster, grifter, a scoundrel.

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The word "hustler" in example sentences

The next, I wonder if your use of the word hustler in describing carom billiards players is appropriate, indeed what you intended to imply. ❋ William Safire (2004)

[That's hustlers as in people who are busy trying to get stuff done, not sex workers (i guess that meaning of the term hustler is more of a 60's or 70's thing)] ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pool hustler is an archetype of American's gritty underbelly. ❋ Unknown (2007)

See, here in the real world, the phrase "race hustler" is code for "I'd like to use the N-word but I'm a little too embarassed to do it in public." ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

She told me her brother was Michael, who was known as a hustler and was in a wheelchair, paralyzed, having been shot for gambling with loaded dice, according to the story. ❋ Stanley Tookie Williams (2007)

A pretty boy Bacchus, in a Caravaggio painting, is at once the Greek god himself and an urban hustler from the streets. ❋ Hal Duncan (2005)

The life of a hustler is one of seemingly glamour, but this film paints no picture of glory; it puts the drug life in its proper perspective by illustrating its cost in human suffering. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Alas, they don't take reprints or I would have contacted naomikritzer about sending along the one we sold to TOTU about a magic using hustler from a alternate history Britian that was still Roman.) ❋ Lyda222 (2010)

But in the African-American community, a hustler is a go-getter who makes their own way when they can't find one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Joe's start as a hustler is a mite rockier than anticipated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A hustler is a person who obtains money, power and control by aggressive and dishonest means. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A hustler is a person who tries to induce another player to gamble over the outcome of a billiard game by not revealing his or her true skills. ❋ William Safire (2004)

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