- pester someone
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English-german dictionary. 2013.
pester someone
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pester — UK [ˈpestə(r)] / US [ˈpestər] verb [transitive] Word forms pester : present tense I/you/we/they pester he/she/it pesters present participle pestering past tense pestered past participle pestered to keep annoying someone, especially by asking them … English dictionary
pester — pes|ter [ pestər ] verb transitive to keep annoying someone, especially by asking them for something or to do something: Stop pestering me I m busy! pester someone for something: He s been pestering me for a date all week … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pester — pes|ter [ˈpestə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: empestrer to prevent from moving properly , from Vulgar Latin pastoria something that ties animals legs together ; influenced by pest] to annoy someone, especially by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pester — verb (T) to annoy someone repeatedly, especially by asking them to do something: pester sb for sth: Beggars kept pestering us for money. | pester sb to do sth: The kids have been pestering me to buy them new trainers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pester — verb is there someplace I can study where no one will pester me? Syn: badger, hound, harass, plague, annoy, bother, trouble, keep after, persecute, torment, bedevil, harry, worry, beleaguer, nag, hassle, bug, devil, g … Thesaurus of popular words
pester one with questions — bother someone with questions, aggravate someone with queries … English contemporary dictionary
Pester — annoy or bother someone … Dictionary of Australian slang
pester — Australian Slang annoy or bother someone … English dialects glossary
pester — [[t]pe̱stə(r)[/t]] pesters, pestering, pestered VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is pestering you, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying. [V n] I thought she d stop… … English dictionary
pester — [ˈpestə] verb [T] to keep annoying someone by asking them for something, or by asking them to do something Syn: nag … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
dog (someone) around — vb American a. to pester someone. An expression inspired by the same images as to dog someone s heels . b. to behave badly, cruelly, irresponsibly or unfaithfully, especially to one s partner. This Americanism seems to have its origin in black… … Contemporary slang
