hassle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hassle (plural hassles)
- Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
- I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
- A fight or argument.
- An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems
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fight or argument
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action which is not worth the difficulty involved
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Verb[edit]
hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)
- (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
- 1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 42:
- "Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"
- (transitive) To pick a fight or start an argument with.
- (military, aviation, slang) To engage in a mock dogfight.
- 2018, Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff:
- 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, […]
- 2019, Dan Pedersen, Topgun:
- If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.
Translations[edit]
To trouble, to bother, to annoy
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To pick a fight or start an argument
Adjective[edit]
hassle (comparative more hassle, superlative most hassle)
References[edit]
- “hassle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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