[ˈpɛstə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions
(e.g: she constantly pestered him with telephone calls)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘overcrowd (a place)’ and ‘impede (a person)’): from French empestrer ‘encumber’, influenced by pest. The current sense is an extension of an earlier use, ‘infest’, referring to vermin