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hassle

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has·sle  (hsl) Informal
n.
1. An argument or a fight.
2. Trouble; bother.
v. has·sled, has·sling, has·sles
v.intr.
To argue or fight: customers hassling with merchants over high prices.
v.tr.
To bother or harass: street gangs hassling passersby.

[Origin unknown.]
Word History: It is difficult to believe that there were no hassles before 1945, the year in which the noun hassle is first recorded in English. The origins of this word might be considered a hassle for the etymologist. An English dialect word, hassle, meaning "to hack at, cut with a blunt knife and with a sawing motion," is recorded at the end of the 19th century. A Southern dialect word, hassle, "to pant, breathe heavily," is also a possible source. A more popular notion has been that hassle is a blend, but here again we have a hassle. Three separate possibilities have been proposed, a combination of harass and hustle, haggle and tussle, and haggle and wrestle. Given all these possibilities, it is clear why words such as hassle end up with the etymology "origin unknown."

hassle Informal
Noun
1. a great deal of trouble
2. a prolonged argument
Verb
[-sling, -sled]
to cause annoyance or trouble to (someone): stop hassling me! [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hasslehassle - an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
disturbance, perturbation - activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
2.hasslehassle - disorderly fighting                  
fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verb1.hassle - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

hassle (Informal)
verb 2. bother, bug (informal) annoy, harry, hound, harass, badger, pester, get on your nerves (informal) be on your back (slang) get in your hair (informal) breath down someone's neck
Translations
hassle [ˈhæsl] n (col) → lío, rollo
vtincordiar

hassle [ˈhæsl] n (inf) (= fuss); histoire(s) f(pl)

hassle [ˈhæsl] (inf) n (bother) → Theater nt

hassle [ˈhæsl] n (col) → sacco di problemi

hassle
n hassle [ˈhӕsl]
1 trouble or fuss It's such a hassle to get to work on time: Travelling with children is such a hassle. gesukkel, beslommernis مَتاعِب أو إزْعاج проблем potíž besvær; mas die Mühe μπελάς jaleo, follón tülin زحمت hässäkkä histoire טִרדָה परेशानियां muka, gnjavaža macera kerepotan vandræði, umstang, vesen problema 騒動 혼란 vargas, bėda grūtības; mokas susah zware onderneming, bezoeking stress, mas og kjas kłopot, problem problema chin, aventură морока ťažkosť peripetija gnjavaža krångel การทะเลาะ sıkıntı, güçlük, dert 混亂 метушня کوفت điều rắc rối
2 a fight or argument I got into a bit of a hassle with a couple of thugs. russie, twis جِدال ، خِصام кавга hádka, spor strid; diskussion die Scherereien (pl.) καβγάς pelea, bronca, discusión, riña tüli, nägelus کشمکش؛ درگیری kähinä bagarre קְטָטָה तर्क sukob, svada vita pertengkaran rifrildi battibecco けんか 말다툼 susivaidijimas, susipešimas ķīviņš; strīds pertengkaran opstootje krangel, trette bijatyka, sprzeczka disputa ciorovăială перебранка hádka sitnost prepirka käbbel, kontrovers, kurr การทะเลาะ tartışma, çekişme 激戰 бійка جھگڑا sự cãi cọ
v
1 to argue or fight It seemed pointless to hassle over such a small matter. stry, rusie maak met يُجادِل، يُخاصِم карам се hádat se diskutere; strides sich beunruhigen καβγαδίζω pelearse, discutir, reñir nägelema مشاجره كردن rähistä (se) chamailler לְהָצִיק तर्क करना svadati se vitatkozik bertengkar rífast, þræta discutere けんかする 말다툼하다 vaidytis, peštis ķīvēties; strīdēties bertengkar bekvechten krangle, trette kłócić się discutir a (se) certa ссориться hádať sa prepirati se prepirati se käbbla, dividera, slåss รบกวน tartışmak 爭論 сваритися جھگڑا کرنا cãi cọ
2 to annoy (a person) I don't like people hassling me. treiter, pla يُزْعِج، يُضايِق дразня otravovat genere belästigen ενοχλώ molestar, fastidiar kiusama اذيت كردن kiusata embêter לְטַרטֵר परेशान करना gnjaviti, muciti zaklat mengganggu ergja infastidire 悩ます 괴롭히다 kvaršinti galvą, neduoti ramybės piesieties; piekasīties (kādam) mengganggu iemand ergeren, iemand lastig vallen plage obrażać aborrecer a bate la cap докучать otravovať delati sitnosti gnjaviti trakassera รบกวน huzurunu kaçırmak 使煩惱 набридати تنگ کرنا quấy rối; làm phiền 使


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