SIDE HUSTLE Definition & Meaning

side hustle

[ sahyd huhs-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Slang.

a job or occupation that brings in extra money beyond one’s regular job and main source of income:
My book launch was the catalyst to finally take my side hustle seriously by turning it into a full-time gig.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of side hustle¹

First recorded in 2000–05

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For a long time, however, music was a side hustle.

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What started as a side hustle has since grown into a billion-dollar enterprise.

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I ended up starting a job as a project manager at the Ministry of Defence and I thought my business would just be a side hustle.

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When The Greatest Showman director phoned Davies inviting him to audition, the actor was working a "side hustle" performing at children's parties as PT Barnum - Hugh Jackman's character from the film.

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Broadus, the hip-hop icon and side hustle extraordinaire’s 25-year-old daughter, confirmed this week that she is expecting a baby girl with fiancé Wayne Duece.

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