hustle

intransitive verb

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to try to earn money, especially by selling drugs

Collocates grind¹², hard⁸, 24-7⁷, maintain⁵, scrilla⁴, hard³, block³, brick³, thugged-out², hustler², mail², mine², on the grind², on the regular², baller², stack², weight², 24-7-365², paper², fiend², figures², game², flake, flip, G, geeked out, go hard, guac, H-town, heron, j's, keep it real, ki, kicks, loco, mash, move, nick, O.G., on the cut, on the daily, on the low, on the low low, out chea, papes, pen, pie, po-po, powder, project, projects, pump, punk, push, rap, re-up, rep, rhyme, rims, rock, rubber band, scrill, serve, shot-caller, slab, slang, snow, spit, spot, steady, strapped, stripes, stunt, tote, trap, tryna, ya heard, yola, zip, 9 milli, baby mama, back in the day, bang, bid, bread, candy, chips, chrome, clucker, come up, cook, crack, D, dog, dinero, don mega, fam, fed, fetti, fin'

Domains Drug Sales, Money

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1840s

Synonyms cake up, grind

Related concepts move, push, slang, sling, trap

Related words hustler, Hustle town

Timeline

1985 Too $hort "Coke Dealers" [Players]
He hustled by himself, thinkin that's okay
1986-10-25 Whodini "The Good Part" [Back In Black]
I've been hustlin, bustlin, and bustin my chops
1986 Kool Moe Dee "Dumb Dick (Richard)" [Kool Moe Dee]
He hustled on the streets, 'cause he had no choice

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hustle

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to sell (drugs, records, etc.)

Collocates crack¹⁸, thug⁵, coke⁴, weight⁴, yay⁴, Caddy², corner², ki², pack², rock², dro, lac, blow, brick, buster, bust, chill, crew, dime bag, dough, ecstasy, ends, hard, I'mma, krill, kush, Mac, move, nick, one-time, powder, rap, rap, raw, ride, serve, slug, snow, soda, stack, stack, thugged-out, tree, weed, white

Domains Drug Sales, Money

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the late 1880s

Synonyms flip, grind, move, pump, push, serve, slang, sling, trap

Related concepts cake up

Timeline

1993-11-10 E-40 "Questions" feat. Droop-E [Federal]
Hustlin these records and tapes
1994-05-10 Ant Banks "Streets of Oakland" feat. Boots [The Big Badass]
Still hustling food stamps for my candy apple red Caddy
1994-06-21 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Foe Tha Love of $" [Creepin on ah Come Up]
Hustlin' drugs when the thugs be chillin'

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hustle

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a money-making enterprise;

effort to earn

Collocates crack², 12-gauge, four pound, all about, B.I., bird, block, cake, cheddar, D, down, ends, fetti, figures, front, get over, green leaf, grind, guap, gun-clapper, H-town, hit a lick, Inglewood, loc, mad, mail, nathan, paid, paper, player, plex, plug, po-po, powder, ride, root of evil, smooth, trapper, trife

Domains Drug Sales, Money

Etymology pre hip-hop, form the 1960s

Related concepts game

Related words hustler

Timeline

1985-01-21 Run-D.M.C. "You're Blind" [King of Rock]
You try to make a hustle to get ahead
1987-12-08 Kool Moe Dee "No Respect" [How Ya Like Me Now]
Ain't nobody ever had a hustle like mine
1991-01-15 Gang Starr "What You Want This Time?" [Step In The Arena]
The struggle, the hassle, the hustle, the fight

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hustle

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to acquire (money)

Collocates dough², cream, peep

Domains Money

Synonyms cake up

Timeline

1982 Kurtis Blow "Tough" [Tough]
Hustlin' a buck to stay alive
1992-09-09 JT The Bigga Figga "The Hard Way" [Don't Stop Till We Major]
Stackin my shit, hustlin cash
2003-11-14 Jay-Z "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" [The Black Album]
Tryin to hustle some things that go with the Porsche

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