- a heated argument; squabble
- a troublesome situation
Origin of hassle
from uncertain or unknown; perhapsintransitive verb
-·sled, -·sling to have a hassle
to annoy, harass, etc.
noun
- The definition of a hassle is an argument or a fight.
An example of hassle is two people getting into a heated debate about politics in a bar.
- Hassle is defined as to bother, annoy or harass someone.
An example of hassle is a group of men yelling vulgar words at a woman across the street from them.
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hassle
Informal
noun
- An argument or a fight.
- Trouble; bother.
verb
has·sled, has·sling, has·slesverb
intransitiveTo argue or fight: customers hassling with merchants over high prices.
verb
transitiveTo bother or harass: street gangs hassling passersby.
Origin of hassle
From American dialectal (Southeast) hassle to pant (as from exertion) perhaps of imitative origin or akin to British dialectal hassle to hack at, saw away at with a blunt bladeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural hassles)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)
- To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
- To pick a fight or start an argument.
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