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Definition of pester verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

pester

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈpɛstər//
 
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pester
 
he / she / it pesters
 
past simple pestered
 
-ing form pestering
 
 
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to annoy someone, especially by asking them something many times synonym badger pester somebody for something Journalists pestered neighbors for information. pester somebody with something He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week. pester somebody/something The horses were continually pestered by flies. pester (somebody to do something) The kids kept pestering me to read to them.
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