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side hustle en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (informal, slang) A secondary job or gig that brings in extra cash.
    • He wrote on Twitter that the submissions were largely “driven by ‘side hustle’ experts making claims of easy money with ChatGPT.” 2023 February 23, Michael Levenson, quoting Neil Clarke, “Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023:
    • The majority of Americans with a side hustle are young millennials,[…] 2017 August 11, “Survey: 44 million Americans have a “side hustle””, in WSPA 7NEWS, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2023:
    • “There are side hustles for all those things,” she says. “I love the side hustle. It allows you to do something that your job does not allow you to do.” 2017 March 31, Rob Walker, “Headphones Won’t Solve the Problem of a Chatty Colleague”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2018:
    • But think of this side hustle as an opportunity to do something you love to do. 2015 December 14, Carl Richards, “Your Most Valuable Asset Is Yourself”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
    • Near-synonyms: side gig, side job
    • Ms. Mishra, the Purdue graduate, did not get the burrito-making gig at Chipotle. But her side hustle as a beauty influencer on TikTok, she said, helped her realize that she was more enthusiastic about tech marketing and sales than software engineering. 2025 August 10, Natasha Singer, “Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:

Forms

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Relateds

moonlighting · gig economy · on the side · sidequest · nixer · side piece

Synonyms

side job · side gig

Translations (11)

es emprendimiento adicional (secondary job) · hu mellékfoglalkozás (secondary job) · de Nebengeschäft (secondary job) · vi nghề tay trái (secondary job) · es ocupación secundaria (secondary job) · hu mellékállás (secondary job) · hu mellékes (secondary job) · fr activité secondaire (secondary job) · pl dodatkowa praca (secondary job) · pt bico (secondary job) · de Nebenerwerb (secondary job)