hassle

Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.

A fight or argument.

An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

To trouble, to bother, to annoy.

The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.

"Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"

To pick a fight or start an argument with.

To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.

If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.

To engage in a mock dogfight.

Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]

If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.

hassling; hasslesome