Synonyms: stir, ado, hustle, bustle, fuss, flurry
Definition: a rapid active commotion
Similar words: tumult, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din
Definition: the act of making a noisy disturbance
Synonyms: flimflam, sting, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, hustle, gyp, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game
Definition: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Similar words: rig, swindle, cheat
Definition: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Usage: that book is a fraud
Synonyms: hustle
Definition: pressure or urge someone into an action
Similar words: persuade
Definition: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
Usage: You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
Synonyms: bustle, bustle about, hustle
Definition: move or cause to move energetically or busily
Usage: The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: hustle
Definition: cause to move furtively and hurriedly
Usage: The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: hustle
Definition: get by trying hard
Usage: she hustled a free lunch from the waiter
Definition: get something; come into possession of
Usage: receive payment; receive a gift; receive letters from the front
Definition: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation