hustle vs mull

hustle

verb
  • To work. 

  • To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially. 

  • To obtain by illicit or forceful action. 

  • To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money. 

  • To put a lot of effort into one's work. 

  • To rush or hurry. 

  • To dance the hustle, a disco dance. 

  • To sell sex; to work as a pimp. 

  • To bundle; to stow something quickly. 

  • To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge. 

  • To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle. 

noun
  • A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle. 

  • An act of prostitution. 

  • A state of busy activity. 

  • An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison. 

  • A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle. 

mull

verb
  • To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate. 

  • To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form. 

  • To dull or stupefy. 

  • To powder; to pulverize. 

  • To heat and spice something, such as wine. 

  • To join two or more individual windows at mullions. 

noun
  • An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. 

  • A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers. 

  • dirt; rubbish 

  • A thin, soft muslin. 

  • A promontory. 

  • A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. 

  • The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover. 

  • Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking. 

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