hassle

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: has=sle

CIDE DICTIONARY

hassle, n. 

•  An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance.  [WordNet 1.5]

hassle, v. i. 

•  to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.  [PJC]
•  To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.  [PJC]

hassle, v. t. 

 to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hassle, n. & v. colloq.
--n.
1 a prolonged trouble or inconvenience.
2 an argument or involved struggle.
--v.
1 tr. harass, annoy; cause trouble to.
2 intr. argue, quarrel.

Etymology

20th c.: orig. dial.

THESAURUS

hassle

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