hassling

Verb

hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)

1. (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
   • The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.

   Synonyms:

   disturb, irritate, molest, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass

2. (transitive) To pick a fight or start an argument with.

   Synonyms:

   look for trouble, pick a quarrel

3. (transitive) 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.

   Synonyms:

   grind

4. (slang) To 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, […]2018, Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff

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