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Definitions for pester
ˈpɛs tərpester

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguerverb

    annoy persistently

    "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

Wiktionary

  1. pesterverb

    To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Pesterverb

    Etymology: pester, Fr.

    Who then shall blame
    His pester’d senses to recoil and start,
    When all that is within him does condemn
    Itself for being there. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    He hath not fail’d to pester us with message,
    Importing the surrender of those lands. William Shakespeare.

    We are pestered with mice and rats, and to this end the cat is very serviceable. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

    They did so much pester the church and grossly delude the people, that contradictions themselves asserted by Rabbies were equally revered by them as the infallible will of God. Robert South, Sermons.

    A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff. Dryden.

    At home he was pursu’d with noise;
    Abroad was pester’d by the boys. Jonathan Swift.

    Fitches and pease
    For pest’ring too much on a hovel they lay. Thomas Tusser.

    Confin’d and pester’d in this pinfold here,
    Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. John Milton.

ChatGPT

  1. pester

    To annoy or bother someone repeatedly or persistently, often in a way that is troublesome or irritating. This can include actions such as constantly asking someone to do something, or bothering someone with continual requests, complaints, or demands.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pesterverb

    to trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations

  2. Pesterverb

    to crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest

  3. Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emptrer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See In, and Pasture, Pastor.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pester

    pes′tėr, v.t. to disturb, to annoy.—n. a bother.—n. Pes′terer, one who pesters.—adv. Pes′teringly.—n. Pes′terment, annoyance. [Short for impester, O. Fr. empestrer (Fr. empêtrer), to entangle, from in, in, Low L. pastorium, a foot-shackle—L. pastus, pa.p. of pascĕre, to feed.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PESTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pester is ranked #33087 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pester surname appeared 692 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pester.

    94.5% or 654 total occurrences were White.
    2.4% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    1.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for pester »

  1. peters

  2. Peters

  3. preset

  4. pre-set

  5. streep

  6. restep

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pester in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pester in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pester in a Sentence

  1. Jennifer Harris:

    It’s a two-part marketing strategy : companies convince the kids to pester their parents for the products, and then give the parents information to make them think that it’s ok to give in to their kids on this one.

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