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Old 10-13-2022, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Djean1981 View Post
It's guess, it's opinion. A waiter that hustles and is on top of his game gets a bigger tip.
hustle (verb) · hustles (third person present) · hustled (past tense) · hustled (past participle) · hustling (present participle)
force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction:
"they hustled him into the back of a horse-drawn wagon"
push roughly; jostle:
"they were hissed and hustled as they went in"
SIMILAR:
jostle
push
push roughly
bump
knock
shove

hurry; bustle:
"he had to retag second base and hustle back to first"
SIMILAR:
manhandle
push
shove
thrust
frogmarch
bulldoze

INFORMAL
NORTH AMERICAN
obtain by forceful action or persuasion:
"the brothers headed to New York to try and hustle a record deal"
(HUSTLE SOMEONE INTO)
coerce or pressure someone into doing or choosing something:
"don't be hustled into anything"
SIMILAR:
coerce
force
compel
pressure
pressurize
badger

sell aggressively:
"he hustled his company's oil around the country"
obtain by illicit action; swindle; cheat:
"Linda hustled money from men she met"
NORTH AMERICAN
INFORMAL
engage in prostitution.

Aha---different definitions. At least no one was referring to the very last one