pest

Pest

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The bee was being a pest because it wouldn't stop circling around the boy's head.

noun

The definition of a pest is an annoying person or thing.

An example of a pest is a bug that keeps buzzing in someone's ear.

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pest

a person or thing that causes trouble, annoyance, discomfort, etc.; nuisance; specif., any destructive or troublesome insect, small animal, weed, etc.
Now Rare a fatal epidemic disease; esp., bubonic plague

Origin of pest

French peste from Classical Latin pestis, plague

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pest

noun

An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings.
A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.

Origin of pest

French peste pestilence from Old French from Latin pestis

Pest

A former town of north-central Hungary on the left bank of the Danube River. Since 1873 it has been part of Budapest.

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Noun

(plural pests)

(originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
An annoying person.
(UK, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.
Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

Anagrams

pets
sept, Sept.
step

Origin

From Middle French peste (=modern French), from Latin pestis

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pest - Medical Definition

n.

An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings.
A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.