a problem brought about by pressures of time, money, inconvenience, etc.: Finding a decent place to have lunch in this neighborhood is always a hassle.
verb (used without object)
3.
to dispute or quarrel: children hassling over who has the most toys.
4.
to take time or effort: We don't want to hassle with all that waiting in line.
verb (used with object)
5.
to bother, annoy, or harass: I'll do the work, so don't hassle me.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
1945, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Southern dial. hassle "to pant, breathe noisily" (1928), of unknown origin; or perhaps from hatchel "to harass" (1800), which may be a variant of hazel, the plant that furnished switches for whippings.