Definition of "hassle"

hassle

/ˈhæsl̩/

noun
plural hassles
1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
2. A fight or argument.
3. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
verb
third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled
1. (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
  Quotations
  "Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"
  1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 42
2. (transitive) To pick a fight or start an argument with.
3. (military, aviation, slang) To engage in a mock dogfight.
  Quotations
  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, […]
  2018, Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff
  If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.
  2019, Dan Pedersen, Topgun
adjective
comparative more hassle, superlative most hassle
1. (Philippines) hassling; hasslesome