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hustle

intransitive verb
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to try to earn money, especially by selling drugs
Collocates grind11 ⋅ scrilla4 ⋅ 24-74 ⋅ maintain3 ⋅ hard3 ⋅ on the grind3 ⋅ brick3 ⋅ hard3 ⋅ fiend2 ⋅ hustler2 ⋅ block2 ⋅ weight2 ⋅ baller2 ⋅ bread2 ⋅ mail2 ⋅ mine2 ⋅ 24-7-3652 ⋅ dog ⋅ dinero ⋅ don mega ⋅ fam ⋅ fed ⋅ fetti ⋅ flip ⋅ G ⋅ geeked out ⋅ go hard ⋅ guac ⋅ H-town ⋅ heron ⋅ j's ⋅ keep it real ⋅ ki ⋅ kicks ⋅ loco ⋅ move ⋅ nick ⋅ O.G. ⋅ on the cut ⋅ on the low ⋅ out chea ⋅ pen ⋅ powder ⋅ project ⋅ projects ⋅ punk ⋅ rap ⋅ re-up ⋅ rep ⋅ rhyme ⋅ rims ⋅ rubber band ⋅ scrill ⋅ serve ⋅ shot-caller ⋅ slab ⋅ slang ⋅ spit ⋅ spot ⋅ strapped ⋅ stripes ⋅ stunt ⋅ thugged-out ⋅ tote ⋅ trap ⋅ tryna ⋅ ya heard ⋅ yola ⋅ zip ⋅ ball ⋅ fifth ⋅ shife ⋅ peeps ⋅ fin ⋅ figures ⋅ game ⋅ on the regular ⋅ paper ⋅ stack ⋅ 9 milli ⋅ baby mama ⋅ back in the day ⋅ bang ⋅ bid ⋅ candy ⋅ chips ⋅ chrome ⋅ clucker ⋅ come up ⋅ D
Domains Drug sales ⋅ Money
Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1840s
Shout-outs Dade County ⋅ Nike Air Jordan ⋅ Oakland, California, USA ⋅ Yuk
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E-40

hustle

transitive verb
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to sell (drugs, music, etc.)
Collocates crack15 ⋅ thug5 ⋅ weight3 ⋅ coke3 ⋅ ki2 ⋅ Caddy2 ⋅ rock2 ⋅ yay2 ⋅ corner2 ⋅ ends ⋅ hard ⋅ I'mma ⋅ kush ⋅ nick ⋅ powder ⋅ rap ⋅ rap ⋅ raw ⋅ serve ⋅ slug ⋅ snow ⋅ soda ⋅ stack ⋅ thugged-out ⋅ tree ⋅ white ⋅ muh'fucker ⋅ trap ⋅ pack ⋅ dro ⋅ lac ⋅ brick ⋅ buster ⋅ chill ⋅ crew ⋅ dime bag
Domains Drug sales ⋅ Money
Etymology pre hip-hop, from the late 1880s
Shout-outs Aspirin ⋅ Burger King ⋅ Iraq ⋅ Kurtis Blow ⋅ St. Clair ⋅ Vitamin Water
Synonyms grind ⋅ move ⋅ push
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Run-D.M.C.

hustle

noun
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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 ⋅ mail ⋅ nathan ⋅ paid ⋅ paper ⋅ player ⋅ plex ⋅ plug ⋅ po-po ⋅ powder ⋅ ride ⋅ root of evil ⋅ trapper
Domains Drug sales ⋅ Money
Etymology pre hip-hop, form the 1960s
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Kurtis Blow

hustle

transitive verb
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to acquire (money)
Collocates dough2 ⋅ cream ⋅ peep
Domains Money
Shout-outs Porsche ⋅ Rick Ross
Synonyms stack
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