hassle

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

   • I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
2. 2

   A fight or argument.

3. 3

   An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

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   1. 4

      To trouble, to bother, to annoy.

      • The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
      • "Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"
   2. 5

      To pick a fight or start an argument with.

   3. 6

      To work through something troublesome

      To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.

      • If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.
   4. 7

      To engage in a mock dogfight.

      • Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]
      • If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.
   5. 8

      hassling

      hassling; hasslesome

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