hassle

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/ˈhæsl̩/

verb 4noun 3adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

legal

Getting a visa involved so many legal hassles that we almost cancelled our trip.

VERB + HASSLE

get, have

She had a lot of hassle trying to book a flight during the busy holiday season.

give sb

The customs officer gave us hassle about our luggage at the airport.

save

Using an online calendar to organize your meetings can save you considerable hassle.

be worth

Getting a passport renewed probably isn't worth the hassle if you're not traveling soon.

PREP

with no/without ~

My new phone arrived yesterday and I installed all my apps without any hassle.

~ about/over

There's been a lot of hassle about where to have the wedding.

PHRASES

take the hassle out of sth

Online banking takes a lot of the hassle out of managing your money.

Definitions

noun

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.

verb

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.

adj

hassling; hasslesome

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — disorderly fighting

noun — an angry disturbance

verb — annoy continually or chronically

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

It's a hassle trying to decide what to wear to the party.

Tatoeba · #35670

It may seem like a hassle, but I think you ought to go back to the basics and start over. Haste makes waste they say.

Tatoeba · #323523

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hassle is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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