Associations to the word «Pestering»

Wiktionary

PESTER, verb. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
PESTER POWER, noun. (colloquial) Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.

Dictionary definition

PESTER, verb. Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats