hassle

noun

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.

verb

1. 1

   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. 2

   To pick a fight or start an argument with.

3. 3

   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. 4

   slangTo 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.

adjective

1. 1

   hassling; hasslesome

Forms

plural

hassles

comparative

more hassle

superlative

most hassle

past tense

hassled

past participle

hassled

present participle

hassling

third person singular

hassles