0 past simple and past participle of pester
1 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 her to go out with him all month.
He frequently fought with other children and his classmates often laughed at him when he constantly pestered his teachers with questions about arithmetic, history and the natural world.
They are fed up with being pestered and told what to do.
We are told to invest money abroad; indeed, we are almost pestered to do so by those who are interested.
The measure will allow people to make telephone calls without being pestered in that way.
He showed such fortitude and courage, despite a recurring illness which pestered him for many years of his life.
I have personally pestered him for a long time now, and as long as a year ago we received assurances that it was coming.
He was pestered to give his advice on what conditions were necessary for a litigant to view his litigation with confidence.
We are dictated to and pestered —rightly so—by our constituents.
