pester

Definition

  • verb: to annoy or bother (someone) in a repeated way
  • verb: to harass with petty irritations
  • synonyms: overcrowd, annoy, infest

Examples

  • His mother's always 'pestering' [='harassing'] him (with questions) about his love life.

  • Leave me alone! Stop 'pestering' me!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) but you'll still end up-- Yeah, maybe enough to buy a new car, and then what? I got to pay tax on the car. Repair... ...maintenance, kids pestering you to take them for a ride all the time. Then if you figure your tax wrong, you pay out of your own pocket. I tell you! Uncle Sam! (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption
  • (..) holding a weak supposal of our worth... Or thinking by our late dear brother's death our state to be disjoint and out of frame... ...hath not failed to pester us with message demanding the surrender of those lands... ...lost by his father, with all bonds of law, to our most valiant brother (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) # In this dance # # Darling, kiss me with # # Your eyes # You're very generous and thank you. And now I want to thank the man who pestered Mr. Random until he had to let me sing to him. He set me up. Come on, Chick, stand up. Folks, this is Mr. O'Bannon. Bells. (..)
    1939 Cafe Society