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- DictionaryPes·ter/ˈpestər/
verb
- 1. trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions: "she constantly pestered him with telephone calls"
To pester someone is to annoyingly nag them about something. Pestering is repetitive and bothersome. When a child asks a parent something over and over again — like "Can I have candy? Please? Can I have candy now?" — that's an example of pestering. Parents also pester kids when they say "Clean your room" or "Take out the garbage" over and over.
Definition of pester verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Pester definition, to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems. See more.
5 days ago · 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. He is fed up with people pestering him for money. American English: pester / ˈpɛstər /. Arabic: يُضَايِقُ.
PESTER definition: to annoy someone by asking them something again and again: . Learn more.
Define pester. pester synonyms, pester pronunciation, pester translation, English dictionary definition of pester. tr.v. pes·tered , pes·ter·ing , pes·ters To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions. See Synonyms at harass. pes′ter·er n. American...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pes‧ter /ˈpestə $ -ər/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] to annoy someone, especially by asking them many times to do something → harass She’d been pestered by reporters for days. pester somebody for something I can’t even walk down the street without being continually pestered for money. pester som...
