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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

hassle

· IPA /ˈhæsl̩/
01 n. An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.
  1. 1.
    An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.
  2. 2.
    disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance.
Syn. fuss, trouble, bother. — Syn. -- hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble.
02 v. i. to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
  1. 1.
    to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
  2. 2.
    To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.
03 v. t. to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.
  1. 1.
    to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.
Syn. harass, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke.