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Hassle   /hˈæsəl/   Listen
noun
hassle  n.  
1.
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.
2.
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.  
1.
To dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
2.
To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.





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"Hassle" Quotes from Famous Books



... up, since we began pulling contragravity out," she told him, "but the geeks are breaking up rapidly.... Oh, there was something funny about that hassle, last evening, when the Procyon came in. Two contragravity vehicles, an aircar and an air-lorry, that went out to meet the ship, ...
— Ullr Uprising • Henry Beam Piper
... like it. Just give me a cone." The guy behind the counter insisted that JONL try just a taste first. "Some people think it tastes like soap." JONL insisted, "Look, I *love* ginger. I eat Chinese food. I eat raw ginger roots. I already went through this hassle with the guy back in Palo Alto. I *know* I like ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... through the beginnings of the hassle. "I trust those I appointed—at least more than I do the rest of you. The question now is whether to return to Earth at once or to go on to Saturn. We can't radio for help for months yet. We're not equipped with sharp beams, we're low powered, ...
— Let'em Breathe Space • Lester del Rey
... an irrefutable alibi, somehow, and the hassle that followed made Jason's luck run out. And on Jason's stubborn, secret, subsequent tries, all the analyzer could produce was a report of zero data whenever Jason, reasonably or unreasonably, ...
— Zero Data • Charles Saphro
... 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


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