Past tense of hustle
regular verb
The past tense of hustle is hustled. The past participle is also hustled.
Forms of hustle
| Base form (V1) | hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hustled |
| Past participle (V3) | hustled |
| Present participle | hustling |
| Third person singular | hustles |
Hustled in a sentence
- Men in dairy lunches were hustling to gulp down the food which cooks had hustled to fry1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 12, in Babbitt
- Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- Some streetgoers gawked as if watching an impromptu street play while others grabbed the hands of children and hustled away.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 24, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 131. From the entry streetgoer
- John hustled to the front and ran point.2013, Howard E[ugene] Wasdin, Stephen Templin, Easy Day for the Dead: A SEAL Team Six Outcasts Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books…. From the entry run point
- He hustled his pants around his haunchless hips.2012, Jason DeYoung, “The Funeral Bill”, in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012, page 7. From the entry haunchless
Meaning of hustle
- verb To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
- verb To rush or hurry.
- verb To bundle; to stow something quickly.
Questions about the past tense of hustle
- What is the past tense of hustle?
- The past tense of hustle is hustled.
- What is the past participle of hustle?
- The past participle of hustle is hustled.
- Is hustle a regular or irregular verb?
- Hustle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hustle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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