hustling
Scrambling for money
Hustling is energetic, aggressive activity toward a goal.
In sports and work, it means giving maximum effort: I admire his hustling on defense.
Hustling also means pursuing money through aggressive salesmanship, schemes, or fraud: He's been hustling tourists on the boardwalk.
It can specifically mean working as a prostitute or soliciting customers for sex.
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- goal-orientedFocused on objectives
ambitious · visionary · tenacity · self-improvement · proactivity · go-getter · climbing · striving
Crafty and calculating
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
crafty · street-smart · scamming · conning · grifting · swindling · fast-talking · smooth
Full of energetic activity
- livelyAnimated and energetic
- briskQuick and invigorating
- dynamicActive and changing
- spiritedFull of vim
kinetic · zippy · buzzing · fast-paced · rapid · quickstep · darting · scurrying
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- effortApplied energy toward goals
workaholic · overtime · productivity · rat-race · treadmill · overwork · industriousness · moonlighting
Seeking handouts resourcefully
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
sustenance · hardship · poverty · struggle · necessities · surviving · scraping · odd-jobs
Delivering toward the plate
- vendorOne who sells goods
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- dealershipLicensed retail seller
promoting · salesmanship · peddling · hawking · closing · deals · persuasion · commission
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- determinationFirmness of purpose
goal-oriented · ambitious · visionary · tenacity · self-improvement · proactivity · go-getter · climbing · striving · hunger
scheming
Crafty and calculating
resourceful · crafty · street-smart · scamming · conning · grifting · swindling · fast-talking · smooth · game
bustling
Full of energetic activity
spirited · kinetic · zippy · buzzing · fast-paced · rapid · quickstep · darting · scurrying · rushing
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
effort · workaholic · overtime · productivity · rat-race · treadmill · overwork · industriousness · moonlighting · nine-to-five
scrounging
Seeking handouts resourcefully
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
hand-to-mouth · sustenance · hardship · poverty · struggle · necessities · surviving · scraping · odd-jobs · resourcefulness
pitching
Delivering toward the plate
- vendorOne who sells goods
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
dealership · promoting · salesmanship · peddling · hawking · closing · deals · persuasion · commission · door-to-door
billiards
Cue-and-ball table game
snooker · eight-ball · nine-ball · rack · break · run · english · masse · chalking · stakes
- dishonestydishonesty, deceit, duplicity, lying, mendacity
- opportunismcapitalizing, cashing in, self-serving, maneuvering, leveraging
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- competitivenessrivalry, vying, contending, outdoing, outperforming
- lively motionsbouncing, bounding, darting, dashing, frolicking
- rushingrushing, hurrying, dashing, sprinting, racing