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hassle colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.).|ˈhæs(ə)l|
Also hassel.
[Eng. and U.S. dial.: see E.D.D. and Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict.]
A quarrel, argument, fuss; a difficulty, problem; trouble. Also as v., to quarrel, argue; to worry, harass.
1945Down Beat 15 Feb. 1/5 Building bands is getting to be a habit with Freddie Slack. He broke up his last few after booking hassels. 1946Sat. Even. Post 31 Aug. 72/2 ‘Hassle’ is a gorgeously descriptive word which lately has won wide usage in show business. 1950B. Shulberg Disenchanted (1951) ix. 102 She's actually a society girl..who's had a hassel with her family and wants to prove she can get by on her own. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) 50 We'll both understand purely and without any hassle that we are simply stopping talking. 1959F. W. Householder in Saporta & Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 18/1 The chief metaphysical bones hassled over in recent years concern such points as ‘biuniqueness’. 1967Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 25/1 Now the zoning hassle has switched across the city to..where the Greek Orthodox Church is petitioning for a rezoning to allow a developer to erect..a $1.8 million office building complex. 1969Rolling Stone 17 May 11/2 All other [sc. dancing clubs] had collapsed or been hassled to death. 1971Frendz 21 May 16/1 The Edgar Broughton Band toured Germany earlier this year and were involved in some heavy hassles with the promoters of the various gigs. |