side hustle

noun

variants or less commonly side-hustle

ˈsīd-ˌhə-səl

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.—

Kitsap Sun

The 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)

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

We all know that millennials love a good side hustle—to fuel both their passions and their wallets.—

Alissa Carpenter

Examples of side hustle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lamb started the job as a side hustle, then built it into a full-time business called Kona Ice. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024 Now, almost every game show, particularly in primetime, is fronted by a star who’s doing this as a side hustle. —

Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 June 2024 But Nakahara understood the need for boundaries between the legitimate businesses of the organization and the questionable side hustles with which Shinzo is currently running rampant. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 29 Feb. 2024 Gary loves this side hustle, happily donning any disguise or persona necessary to get the job done. —

Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for side hustle

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