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has·sle
(hăs′əl) Informaln.
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.
[From American dialectal (Southeast) hassle, to pant (as from exertion), perhaps of imitative origin or akin to British dialectal hassle, to hack at, saw away at with a blunt blade.]
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hassle
(ˈhæsəl)n
1. a prolonged argument; wrangle
2. a great deal of trouble; difficulty; nuisance
vb
3. (intr) to quarrel or wrangle
4. (tr) to cause annoyance or trouble to (someone); harass
[C20: of unknown origin]
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has•sle
(ˈhæs əl)n., v. -sled, -sling. Informal. n.
1. a disorderly dispute.
2. a troublesome or trying situation; bother.
v.i. 3. to dispute or quarrel.
4. to be put to inconvenience, exertion, etc.: to hassle with heavy traffic.
v.t. 5. to bother or harass.
[1935–40; orig. uncertain]
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hassle
Past participle: hassled
Gerund: hassling
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| Noun | 1. |  hassle - 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. |  hassle - disorderly fighting | |
| Verb | 1. |  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 |
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hassle
(Informal)noun
1. trouble, problem, difficulty, upset, bother, grief (informal), trial, struggle, uphill (S. African), inconvenience I don't think it's worth the money or the hassle.
verb
1. 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 My husband started hassling me.
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hassle
nounInformal. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed:
altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle.
Informal. To engage in a quarrel:
Informal: tangle.
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Translations
جِدال ، خِصاممَتاعِب أو إزْعاجيُجادِل، يُخاصِميُزْعِج، يُضايِق
hádat sehádkaotravovatpotížspor
besværdiskussiondiskuteregeneremas
macera
ergjarífast, òrætarifrildivandræîi, umstang, vesen
kvaršinti galvąpeštissusipešimassusivaidijimasvaidytis
grūtībasķīvētiesķīviņšmokaspiekasīties
hassle
[ˈhæsl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hassle
[ˈhæsəl] n (= fuss) → histoire f, histoires fpl
It was a lot of hassle → C'était toute une histoire.
Washing is a real hassle in a house with one cold tap → C'est toujours toute une histoire de laver le linge dans une maison qui n'a qu'un robinet d'eau froide.
Weddings are so much hassle that you need a break afterwards to recover → Les mariages sont de telles histoires qu'il faut toujours prendre des petites vacances pour récuperer.
it's not worth the hassle → ça n'en vaut pas la peine
to avoid the hassle of doing sth → ne pas s'embêter à faire qch
I don't want the hassle of having to persuade him → Je ne veux pas m'embêter à devoir le convaincre. hassle-free
It was a lot of hassle → C'était toute une histoire.
Washing is a real hassle in a house with one cold tap → C'est toujours toute une histoire de laver le linge dans une maison qui n'a qu'un robinet d'eau froide.
Weddings are so much hassle that you need a break afterwards to recover → Les mariages sont de telles histoires qu'il faut toujours prendre des petites vacances pour récuperer.
it's not worth the hassle → ça n'en vaut pas la peine
to avoid the hassle of doing sth → ne pas s'embêter à faire qch
I don't want the hassle of having to persuade him → Je ne veux pas m'embêter à devoir le convaincre. hassle-free
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hassle
(inf)n → Auseinandersetzung f; (= bother, trouble) → Mühe f, → Theater nt (inf); we had a real hassle getting these tickets for tonight → es war ein richtiges Theater (inf) → or es hat uns (dat) → viel Mühe gemacht, diese Karten für heute Abend zu bekommen; getting there is such a hassle → es ist so umständlich, dorthin zu kommen; commuting is a bit of a hassle → Pendeln ist etwas lästig; it’s too much hassle cooking for myself → es ist mir zu umständlich or mühsam, für mich allein zu kochen; don’t worry, it’s no hassle! → keine Sorge, es macht keine Mühe or Umstände!; legal hassles → Anwaltskram m (inf); don’t give me any hassle → mach kein Theater (inf); it’s not worth the hassle → es ist die ganze Mühe or das ganze Theater (inf) → nicht wert
vt
(= mess around) → schikanieren
(= keep on at) → bedrängen; keep hassling them till they pay → bleib ihnen auf den Fersen, bis sie bezahlen; stop hassling me → lass mich in Ruhe!; I’m feeling a bit hassled → ich fühle mich etwas im Stress (inf) → or unter Druck; she gets easily hassled → sie lässt sich leicht unter Druck setzen; he was always being hassled for money → man wollte ständig Geld von ihm
vi keep hassling → bleib ihm/ihnen etc auf den Fersen; in a job like this you have to be prepared to hassle → in diesem Job muss man (anderen) Dampf machen können
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hassle
(ˈhӕsl) noun1. trouble or fuss. It's such a hassle to get to work on time: Travelling with children is such a hassle.
2. a fight or argument. I got into a bit of a hassle with a couple of thugs.
verb1. to argue or fight. It seemed pointless to hassle over such a small matter.
2. to annoy (a person). I don't like people hassling me.
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