PESTER, PESTERING
ADJECTIVES
1598 — IMPORTUNOUS burdensome, pestering → obs.
1806 — PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous → Amer. dial.
1953 — IN ONE’S FACE — ON ONE’S FACE annoying or pestering one → US sl., orig. African-American
NOUNS – PERSON
1790 — BADGERER a person who badgers or pesters another; a nagger
1848 — WORRIT a worrying, over-anxious person; a querulous person; one who teases or pesters; a fidget → Eng. dial.
PHRASES
1998 — IF THE MISSUS OF THE HOUSE CAUGHT A MOUSE IN HER BLOUSE WOULD SHE ROUSE? — BY JOVE SHE WOULD a parental reaction to being pestered by children → NZ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1578 — IMPORTUNE to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy → obs.
1600 — BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass
1659 — DUN to pester or plague a person with something unpleasant, esp. repeated arguments or unwanted comments; to assail constantly
1671 — WORRY to nag, to pester, to tease
1678 — HAUL to worry, to torment, to pester → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
1746 — EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1781 — TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade → Eng. dial.
..19C — WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry → Eng. dial.
1818 — HAISTER — HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy → Sc.
1818 — WORRIT to worry; to distress; to pester → colloq.
1825 — TARRAGAT to interrogate, to question strictly and persistently; to tease, to torment with questions; to pester → Sc.
1834 — WHITTLE to pester, to tease → Amer. dial.
1855 — HAKE to urge; to pester → Eng. dial.
1858 — BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester → Amer. dial.
1896 — DOG to nag, to pester, to harass; to mistreat, to upset → Amer. dial.
1899 — DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease → Amer. dial.
1905 — PESTICATE to annoy, to bother, to pester; to nose around → Amer. dial.
1914 — PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour → Amer. dial.
1920 — CROSSQUOBBLE to pester with questions, to confuse → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1927 — JAY to harass, to pester someone until a desired result is obtained → Amer. dial.
1929 — APPLICATE to insist; to pester one with unwelcome requests → Amer. dial.
1939 — PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour → Amer. dial.
1940 — BAT SOMEONE’S EAR to pester, to nag → US sl.
1940 — HOCK to pester, to nag; to chatter incessantly → US sl.
1959 — HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person
1980 — MAD-DOG to nag, to pester → NZ sl.
1981 — FLINDER to pester → Amer. dial.
2012 — NIGGLE to pester → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
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