nnoun.acta swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertySynset:bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con con game confidence game confidence trick flimflam sting
Derivationally Related Form:conflim-flambunco
Hypernyms:cheat rig swindle
Inherited Hypernyms:buncoswindlefraudcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:sting operation
Full Hyponyms:sting operation
nnoun.acta rapid active commotionSynset:ado bustle flurry fuss stir
Derivationally Related Form:bustlehustlefussflurry
Hypernyms:commotion din ruckus ruction rumpus tumult
Inherited Hypernyms:bustlecommotiondisturbancemotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motioncause to move furtively and hurriedlyExamples:- The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:hustlemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motionmove or cause to move energetically or busilySynset:bustle bustle about
Examples:- The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Derivationally Related Form:bustlehustle
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:bustlemove
Entailment:belt along bucket along cannonball along hasten hie hotfoot pelt along race rush along rush speed step on it
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: bustle) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: bustle)
vverb.possessionsell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activitySynset:pluck roll
Derivationally Related Form:hustler
Hypernyms:rip rip off steal
Inherited Hypernyms:hustlestealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody
vverb.possessionget by trying hardExamples:- she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
Hypernyms:have receive
Inherited Hypernyms:hustlereceiveget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationpressure or urge someone into an actionHypernyms:persuade
Inherited Hypernyms:hustlepersuadeinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s