pestering
pestering is the present participle and gerund of pester.
Meaning of pester
Verb
pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)
- To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
- He pestered me with questions.
- To crowd together thickly.
- That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6
Noun
pestering (plural pesterings)
- An act or instance of annoying somebody.
- By swaying the Welsh he could at the same time deflect the pesterings he suffered from in England about the 1886 policy […]1984, Richard Shannon, Gladstone: 1809-1865
Forms of pestering
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Questions about pestering
- What does pestering mean?
- Pestering means an act or instance of annoying somebody.
- What is pestering the present participle and gerund of?
- Pestering is the present participle and gerund of pester.
- What part of speech is pestering?
- Pestering is a noun.
- What is the plural of pestering?
- The plural of pestering is pesterings.
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