Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An argument or a fight.
- noun Trouble; bother.
- intransitive verb To argue or fight.
- intransitive verb To bother or harass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task.
- noun disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance.
- intransitive verb to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
- intransitive verb To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.
- transitive verb to repeatedly annoy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Trouble ,bother , unwanted annoyances or problems. - noun A
fight orargument . - noun An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
- verb To trouble, to bother, to
annoy . - verb To pick a fight or start an argument.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun disorderly fighting
- verb annoy continually or chronically
- noun an angry disturbance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, the word hassle was coined in America.
THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983
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According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, the word hassle was coined in America.
THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983
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Do you save enough in hassle to justify the cost (especially when you have to buy out of an existing contract first)?
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The Dallas injunction has stalled that move, however, and the 61-year-old may now just be wondering if the hassle is worth it.
Liverpool sale: What next for this saga's principal factions? Sachin Nakrani 2010
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How much of a hassle is it to have to go in to recover that stuff?
Separate Data From Windows On A Standalone Partition | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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With PEX, all of this hassle is completely eliminated.
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The hassle from a lost passport is much bigger then any hassle I have ever had from not having one on me.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarian Critiques of AZ Immigration Law 2010
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With PEX, all of this hassle is completely eliminated.
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With Brand-yourself, much of the tedious technology guesswork/hassle is eliminated, freeing you to focus on the substance of your personal brand.
Judy Shapiro: Judy Consumer Learns About Personal Branding in this Hyper Competitive Workplace World Judy Shapiro 2010
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That way I won't get any hassle from the man about my music rights ... you know!
Little Bit of Small Town Musician Pimpage missmurchison 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word hassle
Wouldn't life be wonderful if hassle could be abolished?
January 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word hassle
"Carrying dope is not advisable, and although searching you is illegal, few pigs can read the Constitution. If you are carrying when the patrol car pulls up, tell them you are Kanadian and hitching through Amerika. Highway patrols are very uptight about promoting incidents with foreigners. The foreign bit goes over especially well with small-town types, and is also amazingly good for avoiding hassles with greasers. If you can't hack this one, tell them you are a reporter for a newspaper writing a feature story on hitching around the country. This story has averted many a bust."
- Abbie Hoffman, 'Steal This Book'.
February 18, 2009
kayo commented on the word hassle
to be annoying
May 16, 2009