- Pestered, pestering, pesters To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions. See Synonyms at harass.
- / ˈpes.tɚ / to behave in an annoying manner towards someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly: At the frontier, there were people pestering tourists for cigarettes, food, or alcohol. + to infinitive John has been pestering.
- Welcome to the Pester Research Group at Penn State We are affiliated with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Our research combines polymer chemistry and polymer physics. One of our research areas involves the topographical and chemical patterning of surfaces with surface-initiated polymerization.
Next, I’ll cover the way to distinguish the different types of test within Pester, and how to code your tests appropriately. The demos are in the same location on the author’s GitHub repository as the previous article. Locally, I continue to use the same C: PowerShell Pester-Demo folder as the previous article. However, you are. Find 48 ways to say PESTER, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.
pes·ter
(pĕs′tər)tr.v.pes·tered, pes·ter·ing, pes·ters To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions. See Synonyms at harass.
[Probably short for French empestrer, to constrain, embarrass (probably also influenced by pest), from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Vulgar Latin *pāstōria, a hobble, from Latin, feminine of pāstōrius, of a herdsman (from pāstor, herdsman; see pā- in Indo-European roots).]
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pester
(ˈpɛstə)vb
[C16: from Old French empestrer to hobble (a horse), from Vulgar Latin impāstōriāre (unattested) to use a hobble, from pāstōria (unattested) a hobble, from Latin pāstōrius relating to a herdsman, from pastor herdsman]
ˈpesteringlyadv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pes•ter
(ˈpɛs tər)v.t.
1. to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
[1530–40; perhaps aph. variant of empester to tangle, encumber < Middle French empestrer < Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble = Latin im-im-1 + -pāstōriāre, v. derivative of *pastōria a hobble (see pastern); reinforced by pest (compare -er6)]
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pester
Past participle: pestered
Gerund: pestering
| Imperative |
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| pester |
| pester |
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| I pester |
| you pester |
| he/she/it pesters |
| we pester |
| you pester |
| they pester |
| Preterite |
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| I pestered |
| you pestered |
| he/she/it pestered |
| we pestered |
| you pestered |
| they pestered |
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| I am pestering |
| you are pestering |
| he/she/it is pestering |
| we are pestering |
| you are pestering |
| they are pestering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have pestered |
| you have pestered |
| he/she/it has pestered |
| we have pestered |
| you have pestered |
| they have pestered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was pestering |
| you were pestering |
| he/she/it was pestering |
| we were pestering |
| you were pestering |
| they were pestering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had pestered |
| you had pestered |
| he/she/it had pestered |
| we had pestered |
| you had pestered |
| they had pestered |
| Future |
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| I will pester |
| you will pester |
| he/she/it will pester |
| we will pester |
| you will pester |
| they will pester |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have pestered |
| you will have pestered |
| he/she/it will have pestered |
| we will have pestered |
| you will have pestered |
| they will have pestered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be pestering |
| you will be pestering |
| he/she/it will be pestering |
| we will be pestering |
| you will be pestering |
| they will be pestering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been pestering |
| you have been pestering |
| he/she/it has been pestering |
| we have been pestering |
| you have been pestering |
| they have been pestering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been pestering |
| you will have been pestering |
| he/she/it will have been pestering |
| we will have been pestering |
| you will have been pestering |
| they will have been pestering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been pestering |
| you had been pestering |
| he/she/it had been pestering |
| we had been pestering |
| you had been pestering |
| they had been pestering |
| Conditional |
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| I would pester |
| you would pester |
| he/she/it would pester |
| we would pester |
| you would pester |
| they would pester |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have pestered |
| you would have pestered |
| he/she/it would have pestered |
| we would have pestered |
| you would have pestered |
| they would have pestered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| Verb | 1. | pester - annoy persistently; 'The children teased the boy because of his stammer' badger, beleaguer, bug, tease bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; 'The children tormented the stuttering teacher' |
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pester
verbannoy, worry, bother, disturb, bug(informal), plague, torment, get at, harass, nag, hassle(informal), harry, aggravate(informal), fret, badger, pick on, irk, bedevil, chivvy, get on your nerves(informal), bend someone's ear(informal), drive you up the wall(slang), be on your back(slang), get in your hair(informal)He's always hanging round and pestering me.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
pester
verb1. To disturb by repeated attacks:annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, plague, tease, torment, worry.
2. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, plague, solicit.
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dotíratobtěžovattrápit
angra
悩ませる
grizintiįkyrėti
besvära
pester
[ˈpestəʳ]VT → molestar, fregar (LAm)is this man pestering you? → ¿la está molestando este hombre?
he's always pestering me → siempre me está dando la lata
she pestered me for the book → estuvo dando la latapara que le prestara el libro
he pesters me with his questions
Pester Or Bug
→ me fastidia con sus preguntas
to pester sb to do sth → dar la lata a algn para quehaga algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pester
[ˈpɛstər]
vt → harcelerPestering
to pester sb for sth → harceler qn pour qch
to pester sb to do sth → harceler qn pour qu'il fasse qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pester
vt → belästigen; (= keep on at: with requests etc) → plagen; to pester the life out of somebody → jdm keine Ruhelassen; she pestered me for the book → sie ließ mir keine Ruhe wegen des Buches; to pester somebody to do something → jdnbedrängen, etw zu tun
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pester
[ˈpɛstəʳ]vt → tormentare, molestarestop pestering me! → smettila di scocciarmi!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pester
(ˈpestə
) verbPester Documentation
to annoy (someone) frequently or continually. He pestered me with questions; She pestered him to help her. pla يُزْعِج، يُضايِق отегчавам incomodar dotírat (na), trápit plagen plage; trygle παρενοχλώ, γίνομαι φορτικός σε κπ. molestar, importunar, dar la lata tülitama پیله کردن؛ به ستوح آوردن häiritä importuner לְהָצִיק सताना dodjavati, gnjaviti zaklat mengganggu angra infastidire, importunare 困らせる 끈덕지게 괴롭히다 įkyrėti, grizinti nelikt mierā; uzmākties mendesak lastig vallenmase, plage, nedrenne nie dawać spokoju ربړول، ځورول، خپه كول incomodar a bate la cap надоедать obťažovať, otravovať gnjaviti dosađivati plåga, besvära, trakassera รบกวน rahatsız etmek 使煩惱，糾纏 надокучати, дошкуляти ستانا، دق کرنا làm phiền 使烦恼，纠缠
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pester
→ يُضَايِقُ obtěžovat plagebelästigenπαρενοχλώdar la lata, molestar vaivatatourmenter gnjavitiseccare 悩ませる 괴롭히다lastig vallenplagegnębićincomodarдокучать besvära รบกวนrahatsız etmek quấy rầy纠缠Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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