Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).

    Stay out of my yard, you pesky kids!

    That pesky dog is barking again.

    nervtötend, lästig, ärgerlich

    надое́дливыйnadojédlivyj, доку́чливыйdokúčlivyj, навя́зчивыйnavjázčivyj

More definitions
  • causing irritation or annoyance

Examples

3 sentences
  1. That pesky imp must be punished.

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  2. I was bitten by a pesky midge during our camping trip.

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  3. There's a pesky wrinkle on my shirt that I just can't get the iron to remove.

    ruНа моей рубашке надоедливая складка, которую я не могу убрать утюгом.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
annoying, troublesome, irritating:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
annoying, troublesome, irritating:

Origin

Possibly from pesty. Compare similar alteration between nasty and nasky.

Possibly from pesty. Compare similar alteration between nasty and nasky.

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