hassle

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 456 words | Copyright

has·sle / ˈhasəl/ inf. • n. irritating inconvenience: the hassle of losing a high security key | traveling can be a hassle. ∎ deliberate harassment: if they give you any hassle, just tell them it's for me. ∎ a disagreement; a quarrel: an election-year hassle with farmers. • v. [tr.] harass; pester: squeegee men who hassle drivers for change at stoplights.

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