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/hˈæsəl/ Listen

noun

hassle n.

An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.

Synonyms: fuss, trouble, bother.

Disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance.

Synonyms: hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble.

verb

hassle v. t. To repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.

Synonyms: harass, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke.

hassle v. i.

To dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.

To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.

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Etymology of 'Hassle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hassle" Quotes from Famous Books

... line came down close to the river, and the two friends kept a good look-out for the depot. About four and a half miles out they stopped at a station called Hassle, then a couple of miles farther their perseverance was rewarded and they saw a small pier and shed, the latter bearing in large letters on its roof the name of the syndicate. Another mile and a half brought them ...

— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts