hustle vs shoulder

hustle

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

  • 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 work. 

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

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. 

shoulder

verb
  • To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. 

  • To move by or as if by using one's shoulders. 

  • To bear a burden, as a financial obligation. 

  • To put (something) on one's shoulders. 

  • To place (something) against one's shoulders. 

  • To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail. 

  • To accept responsibility for. 

  • To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave. 

  • To form a shape resembling a shoulder. 

noun
  • The part of a wave that has not yet broken. 

  • An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber. 

  • The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face. 

  • A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency. 

  • A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle. 

  • The part of a key between the cuts and the bow. 

  • A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic. 

  • The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body. 

  • The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. 

  • The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments. 

  • The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge. 

  • The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak. 

  • The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck. 

  • That which supports or sustains; support. 

  • A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain. 

  • Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder. 

  • The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed. 

  • The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body. 

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