Definition of "hassle" []

• An argument or a fight. (noun)
• Trouble; bother. (noun)
• To argue or fight: customers hassling with merchants over high prices. (verb-intransitive)
• To bother or harass: street gangs hassling passersby. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, the word hassle was coined in America."
• "With PEX, all of this hassle is completely eliminated."
• "The Dallas injunction has stalled that move, however, and the 61-year-old may now just be wondering if the hassle is worth it."