"ear hustle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ear hustles [present, singular, third-person], ear hustling [participle, present], ear hustled [participle, past], ear hustled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ear hustle (third-person singular simple present ear hustles, present participle ear hustling, simple past and past participle ear hustled)
  1. (US, slang, intransitive) To eavesdrop. Tags: US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-ear_hustle-en-verb-eFGZWJQb Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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