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hassle verb- to harass, annoy US, 1959
- The nightclub acts haven’t been paid in so long that they’re hassling with me and with each other. — Dick Gregory, Nigger, p. 118, 1964
- Almost everyday I get hassled. Illegally hassled. Unlawfully hassled. — Susan Hall, Gentleman of Leisure, p. 12, 1972
- Widows and divorcees don’t get ... what’s Mona’s word? ... hassled. We don’t get hassled as much as single girls. — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 49, 1978
- Try obeyin’ the law once in a while and I won’t have to hassle you. — 48 Hours, 1982
- Anywhere else in the country, I was a bookie, a gambler, always lookin’ over my shoulder, hassled by cops, day and night. — Casino, 1995
- to engage in mock plane-to-plane aerial combat US, 1979
- Those jets were fighting–hassling–he was sure of it. He banked his jet, and accelerated toward them. — Robert K. Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, p. 3, 1990
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