Hustle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling.] — Webster enters it under “hustle”
Etymology: [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.]
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Macaulay.
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Hustle, v. i.
To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. Sir W. Scott.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for hustling; he lists it under alert.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.