side hustle
noun
variants
or less commonly side-hustle
plural side hustles also side-hustles
: work performed for income supplementary to one's primary job
These days, lots of people have a side hustle to help them earn extra income, develop new skills, become a business owner and quit their day job.—
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Kitsap SunThe best part of using a blog as a side hustle is the work you put in now will continue to pay off well into the future.—Emory Wheel (Emory University)
Emory Wheel (Emory University)Want to learn a new skill you've had your eyes on for quite some time? Or perhaps you want to take up a new hobby that you can eventually turn into a side hustle?—Jan Cortes
Jan CortesWe all know that millennials love a good side hustle—to fuel both their passions and their wallets.—Alissa Carpenter
Alissa CarpenterExamples of side hustle in a Sentence
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More than a quarter already have side hustles up and running.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 May 2025
This includes finding creative ways to increase your income through a new job or side hustles and to reduce your expenses.
—Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
But Brewer is hardly a member of the jet set, earning about $44,000 a year between her job teaching English as a second language at a local university and her side hustles.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Pick up a side hustle One thing that can help ameliorate job loss specifically is finding new ways to use existing skills through things like side hustles or volunteering, says Anvari Clark.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 May 2025
This includes finding creative ways to increase your income through a new job or side hustles and to reduce your expenses.
—Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
But Brewer is hardly a member of the jet set, earning about $44,000 a year between her job teaching English as a second language at a local university and her side hustles.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Pick up a side hustle One thing that can help ameliorate job loss specifically is finding new ways to use existing skills through things like side hustles or volunteering, says Anvari Clark.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for side hustle
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“Side hustle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20hustle. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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