pesky
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
/ˈpɛski/
Definition of pesky
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(informal)Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
“Stay out of my yard, you pesky kids!”
“That pesky dog is barking again.”
“Again, 26 KxB can be answered by that pesky ...RxB†.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Possibly from pesty. Compare similar alteration between nasty and nasky.
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