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   pester

   /ˈpɛstə/

   verb

   • 1. trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions: "she constantly pestered him with telephone calls"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the senses ‘overcrowd (a place)’ and ‘impede (a person)’): from French empestrer ‘encumber’, influenced by pest. The current sense is an extension of an earlier use, ‘infest’, referring to vermin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pesterer noun

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   What does it mean if someone is pestering you?

   • 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. I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse. [VERB noun] I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money. [VERB noun preposition]

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   What does pester mean?

   • "No fear, with my old woman to pester me," answered Richard, with a grim relaxing of his features. The next year he became editor-in-chief to the "Pester Lloyd," raising that paper to a high level of excellence. Pester definition: to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble. See examples of PESTER used in a sentence.

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   What is an example of pestering?

   • that's an example of pestering. Parents also pester kids when they say "Clean your room" or "Take out the garbage" over and over. Pestering is like requesting, but doing it many times, usually to the point of annoyance. No one likes to be pestered.

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   What is the past tense of the verb 'Pester'?

   • The past tense of the verb 'Pester' is pestered. **You will also need to treat your home for fleas or they will continue to pester your pet.**. Always follow up, but never pester him. In other words: We pester and annoy each other too.

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   Pester means to annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, synonyms, and translations.

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   The meaning of PESTER is overcrowd. How to use pester in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pester.

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   Pester means to annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and pronunciation of pester with synonyms and examples from various sources.

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   Pester means to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of this verb from Dictionary.com.

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   To pester someone is to annoyingly nag them about something. Pestering is repetitive and bothersome.

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   Pester means to annoy or nag someone constantly or repeatedly. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of this verb, and see synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.

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    Pester is a verb that means to annoy somebody, especially by asking them something many times. Learn how to use it in different contexts, with synonyms and example sentences, from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.