[ US /ˈpɛski/ ]
[ UK /pˈɛski/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. causing irritation or annoyance
    swarms of pestering gnats
    tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
    aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
    a pesky mosquito
    a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
    it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
    nettlesome paperwork
    a vexatious child
    found it galling to have to ask permission
    a plaguey newfangled safety catch
    an irritating delay
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How To Use pesky In A Sentence

  • It's all a lot of fuss and nonsense got up by some pesky civil rights activists, some of whom you can find here at Stand.
  • Find out what those pesky acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
  • This image evolved over the decades, and the moonshiner became fixed as a corncob-pipe-smoking craftsman filling stoneware jugs with a clear and tasty elixir while keeping an eye out for pesky revenuers. Hipster Moonshine
  • You won't be covering your ears from the lack of pleasantries coming out of the speaker, but if you get busy picking at a pesky hangnail, you won't even notice that Desmond is on.
  • Guys (meaning "gunnies" of both genders) There is little use in argueing the FACTS with Paul and other anti-freedom zealots ... because the simple FACT of the matter is, when it comes to leftist liberal nut jobs they NEVER let them pesky little FACTS get in the way of 1) Their "Feelings" 2) a good tale. A Hit From The Supremes
  • So maybe our hard wiring is why we will never be wine-tasting robots, with pesky things like emotions and context getting in the way. “Hocus-pocus” – The Taste Makers in the NYer | Dr Vino's wine blog
  • They crept and crawled, oozed and slithered from the clay, prickly spiders and sneaky snakes and pesky lizards darting from th ... read more crafts A Michoacan tradition: the needlework artistry of Hermelinda Reyes
  • Though you will have to look through the affixed mesh cage designed to keep those pesky angst filled teenagers from making life difficult for the street cleaners.
  • They named the Pesky Pole (the right field foul pole) after him in Fenway Park. Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
  • Engle makes Sherry adorably effective as an effable, devoted (brings his lunch to work) wife who deals reasonably well with that pesky little transgression and is funny as hell when she learns while drunk that Joe's old flame is married to the renegade preacher. James Scarborough: Bail Me Out, the Hudson Guild Theatre
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