Etymology

hustle

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Today it means: To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle. Full definition →

Dutch husselen
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  1. Dutch · derived fromhusselen
  2. English todayhustle

From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.