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hustle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. i.
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and
with confusion; a hurry.
[1913 Webster]
Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with
his dress worfully arrayed. --Sir W.
Scott.
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