Hustle

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Hustle means 'to move quickly and with purpose'; it most commonly refers to:

• Hustle (verb), to work hard (lawfully or unlawfully), especially in a freelance manner. Derived meanings:
  • Hustle (noun), the tradecraft of a hustler, who deceives others by hustling, usually in sports
  • Hustle (noun), a confidence trick perpetrated by a grifter or other scam artist
  • Hustle (verb), to seek money by criminal or shady enterprise, especially pimping, prostitution, or drug dealing (this usage is principally American slang)

Hustle or The Hustle may also refer to:

Places

• Hustle, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Essex County

Films and television

• Hustle (1975 film), an American crime film starring Burt Reynolds
• Hustle (2004 film), an American made-for-TV movie about baseball player Pete Rose, nicknamed Charlie Hustle
• Hustle (2008 film), a 2008 film starring Bai Ling
• The Hustle (film), an upcoming American film

• Hustle (TV series) (2004–2012), a BBC drama about a group of confidence tricksters (grifters)
• The Hustle (TV series), a 2013 American television series

Books

• Hustle (2016 book), a novel by Tom Pitts

Music

• "The Hustle" (song), a 1975 American disco track by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony
• Hustle (dance), a disco dance popularised by the 1975 song
• The Hustle (album), a 2004 album by American R&B/hip-hop trio G. Love & Special Sauce

Sports

• Hustle (professional wrestling) (stylized HUSTLE), a Japanese professional wrestling company, founded in 2004
• "Hustle", a motto used by current WWE star John Cena: "Hustle, loyalty and respect"

Others

• The Hustle: Detroit Streets, a 2006 Activision video game for the Xbox and PlayStation
• USS Hustle (1918–1921), US Navy ferry launch known originally as the USS Despatch (1902–1918)
• An early name for the Snake video game

See also

• Hustler (disambiguation)
• The Real Hustle, a 2004-2011 BBC reality television series demonstrating real-life scams
• Real Hustle, a 2008 American television series based on the BBC series
• American Hustle, a 2013 film
• All pages beginning with Hustle
• All pages with a title containing Hustle