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scurry, sprint: Mrs Grumble hustles off to the market every<br />

morning. He said that one must really hustle to make a living<br />

these days. 2 shove, push, drive, force, hasten, expedite,<br />

press: The bill was hustled through the legislature in just one<br />

day. 3 shove, crowd, push, jostle, elbow, thrust, force: She<br />

tried to hustle her way to the front of the queue. 4 push,<br />

eject, force, coerce, drive, Colloq bounce: He was hustled out<br />

the back door.<br />

--n. 5 pushing, jostling, buffeting, jarring, elbowing,<br />

shoving, nudging: We always take taxis to avoid the hustle in<br />

the underground. 6 activity, action, stir, movement: I can't<br />

concentrate with all the hustle and bustle going on in the<br />

office.<br />

hut n. cabin, shack, shanty, shed, lean-to, shelter, cote, Literary<br />

cot, Australian gunyah: We found a tiny hut where we could keep<br />

out of the storm.<br />

8.6 hybrid...<br />

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hybrid n. mixture, cross-breed, half-breed, mongrel, cross, composite,<br />

combination, compound: The best wheat for this region is a<br />

hybrid developed in our laboratory.<br />

hygienic adj. clean, sanitary, sterile, disinfected, germ-free, aseptic,<br />

pure: It is essential that hygienic surroundings be maintained<br />

in hospitals.<br />

hypnotize v. fascinate, mesmerize, entrance, cast a spell over or on,<br />

captivate, enchant, charm, spellbind, bewitch, enrapture,<br />

ensorcell, transport: Greg is completely hypnotized by that<br />

singer at Felipe's nightclub.<br />

hypocrisy n. deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, deception,<br />

chicanery, guile, quackery, charlatanism or charlatanry,<br />

falseness, fakery, falseness, lying, mendacity, Pharisaism or<br />

Phariseeism, Tartuffery, insincerity, two-facedness, sanctimony,<br />

sanctimoniousness, Colloq phoneyness or US also phoniness: I<br />

loath hypocrisy and double standards.

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