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 Managing a side hustle and a 9-5 job has its benefits and disadvantages. —

Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 Launched in 2019 within Urban Outfitters Inc., the rental service has gone from an interesting experiment to promising side hustle to growth driver for the retailer. —

Evan Clark, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024 Even billionaires think about starting side hustles. —

Megan Sauer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024 And not as a hobby but as a fully functioning side hustle. —

Marci Robin, Allure, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for side hustle

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