Hassle definition
Trouble; bother.
noun
To have a hassle.
verb
To argue or fight.
Customers hassling with merchants over high prices.
verb
To annoy, harass, etc.
verb
A heated argument; squabble.
noun
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An argument or a fight.
noun
To bother or harass.
Street gangs hassling passersby.
verb
To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
verb
A troublesome situation.
noun
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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.
verb
An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
noun
To pick a fight or start an argument.
verb
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.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
hassle
Plural:
hasslesOrigin 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 blade
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition