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How to pronounce “hustle”

“hustle” is pronounced /ˈhʌsəl/ (HU-suhl) in American English and /hʌsəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “hust”.
The sound

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hustle

/ˈhʌsəl/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /hʌsəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

2 beats
  1. husthʌstress
  2. lesəl
IPA (American)
/ˈhʌsəl/
IPA (British)
/hʌsəl/
Respelling
HU-suhl
Syllables
2 — HUST-le
Stress
Stress the first syllable: HUST-le. “hust” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Part of speech
noun, verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈhʌsəl/

British

/hʌsəl/

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Meaning

What “hustle” means

  1. noun

    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

  2. noun

    a rapid active commotion

  3. verb

    cause to move furtively and hurriedly

    “The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”

Say it in a sentence

“The hustle of the market starts well before six in the morning.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

5 sounds, in the order you say them
hhʌshort ussəschwall

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Questions

“hustle”, answered

How do you pronounce “hustle”?

“hustle” is pronounced /ˈhʌsəl/ (HU-suhl) in American English and /hʌsəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “hust”. Build it as HUST-le, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “hustle” have?

2: hust · le. The beat lands on the first, “hust”.

Is “hustle” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈhʌsəl/ (HU-suhl); British English says /hʌsəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “hustle” mean?

As a noun: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property For example: “The hustle of the market starts well before six in the morning.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “hustle”?

Stress the first syllable: HUST-le. “hust” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.

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