HUSTLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hustler mean? 

• HUSTLER (noun)
  The noun HUSTLER has 2 senses:

1. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

2. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

  Familiarity information: HUSTLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUSTLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker

Hypernyms ("hustler" is a kind of...):

bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)

Derivation:

hustle (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hustler; operator; wheeler dealer

Hypernyms ("hustler" is a kind of...):

opportunist; self-seeker (a person who places expediency above principle)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hustler"):

wire-puller (one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends)

Derivation:

hustle (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)