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ear hustle

ear hustle verb: to eavesdrop.

Verb

ear hustle (third-person singular simple present ear hustles, present participle ear hustling, simple past and past participle ear hustled)

  1. (US, intransitive, slang) To eavesdrop.

Forms of ear hustle

third-person singular presentear hustles
present participleear hustling
past participleear hustled
pastear hustled

Questions about ear hustle

What does ear hustle mean?
Ear hustle means to eavesdrop.
What part of speech is ear hustle?
Ear hustle is a verb.
What is the past tense of ear hustle?
The past tense of ear hustle is ear hustled.

Words near ear hustle in the dictionary

  1. ear fingers
  2. ear gauge
  3. ear gauges
  4. ear hair
  5. ear hairs
  6. ear hustle
  7. ear hustled
  8. ear hustles
  9. ear hustling
  10. ear jacket
  11. ear jackets

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