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

Thus began his three-decade side hustle as Santa Claus, beginning at local parties and migrating to personalized video website Cameo — an online marketplace where people can buy personalized video greetings — in 2018. —Megan Sauer, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024

Recent episodes include how to scale your business without losing your soul and smart money moves to turn your side hustle into a six-figure business, to share tactics that work for solo founders of growing businesses. —Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024

Employees are juggling side hustles and second gigs while mastering the art of looking 'available' on Slack. —Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024

For us, this could mean starting a side hustle, saving for a down payment on property, or negotiating ownership in our workplaces. —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above