different between assle vs hassle

English

Alternative forms

• arsle

Etymology

From ass +? -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch aarzelen (“to hesitate; waver”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æs?l

Verb

assle (third-person singular simple present assles, present participle assling, simple past and past participle assled)

1. (intransitive) To sit, move, or scoot about on one's ass; loaf; wander idly around; waste time.
   • 1992, Vance Randolph, G. Legman, Blow the Candle Out:

     "Them boys don't do no work, they just assle around town all day."

   • 2010, Julian D. Hayden, Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer, Field man: life as a desert archaeologist:

     I assled over into a packrat nest without thinking, so the next scene on that damn camera recorder was me leaning over while the ladies in the party pulled cholla out of my tight Levis. I took that with great dignity and aplomb, I assure you.

Usage notes

• Often used with around.

Anagrams

• LSASE, SEALs, Sales, Seals, lases, sales, salse, seals

English

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæsl/
• Rhymes: -æs?l

Noun

hassle (plural hassles)

1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

   I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.

2. A fight or argument.
3. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

Translations

Verb

hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)

1. To trouble, to bother, to annoy.

2. To pick a fight or start an argument.

Translations

References

• hassle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hassel, Lashes, halses, lashes, selahs, shales, sheals