hustle

v

1. hurry, rush, make time, make haste, move in double time, go like a bat out of hell, move along at a good clip; run, dash, sprint, dart, zip, bolt, make tracks; fly, whiz, whisk, breeze, go like the wind; scramble, scamper, scurry, scoot, scuttle; bustle, stir, fuss, flutter, flit, commove, U.S. Inf. rustle.

2. shove, buffet, push, press forward; jostle, justle, jolt, jar, jounce, jog, joggle; bump, elbow, shoulder, poke, nudge, butt, bunt.

3. prompt, urge, goad, drive, propel, egg on, induce, motivate; prod, prick, spur, whip, lash; energize, animate, actuate; accelerate, expedite, hasten, speed up, spurt, step up, Sl. step on it, Sl. pour it on, Archaic. dispatch.

4. pressure, compel, impel, force, coerce, give [s.o.] a hard sell, Inf. put the squeeze on; harass, hound, badger, pester, nag.

n

5. activity, action, doings, busyness, stir, motion, movement; dispatch, expeditiousness, briskness, robustness, alacrity, celerity, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, speediness, quickness; rushing, hurrying, scurry, hurry-scurry, haste; fuss, flurry, flutter, pother, ado, Inf. to-do, Sometimes Facetious. do; splutter, agitation, restlessness, commotion, tumult, hurly-burly, hubbub.

6. shoving, buffeting, pushing, pressing forward; jolting, jouncing, jarring, jostling, justling, jogging, joggling; bumping, shouldering, elbowing, poking, nudging.