Pester

Pester

Pester may refer to:

In fictional characters:
* Pester (comics), a Marvel Comics character
* Professor Pester, the main villain in the animated television series "Viva Piñata"
* Rex Pester, a reporter in the animated film "The Rugrats Movie"
* Jester the Pester, a monster in the television series

In people:
* De Pester(s), a Dutch noble family
* Lorie (born 1982), born Laure Pester, French pop singer

In other uses:
* Pešter, a plateau in southwestern Serbia
* Pester Ball, a ball that releases a Pokémon repellant in "Pokémon"
* Pester Lloyd, a German weekly newspaper

ee also

* Peştere (disambiguation), at least two villages in Romania
* Nudge
* Annoy


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  • pester — [ pɛste ] v. intr. <conjug. : 1> • 1639; pester qqn « le traiter de peste » 1617; de peste ♦ Manifester son mécontentement, sa colère, par des paroles. ⇒ fulminer, grogner, jurer, maugréer. Pester contre le mauvais temps, contre les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pešter — (Serbian Cyrillic: Пештер or Пештерска висораван) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (Sandžak) region. It lies at the altitude of 900–1200 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica …   Wikipedia

  • Pester — Pešter Peštersko polje Emplacement  Serbie Ville proche Sjenica Coordonnées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pester — Rencontré en Belgique, le nom désigne un boulanger (moyen néerlandais pester , à rapprocher de l ancien français pestor ). Avec le même sens : De Pester, Depester …   Noms de famille

  • Pester — Pes ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pestered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pestering}.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp[^e]trer; pref. em , en (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pester — Pester. v. n. Monstrer par des paroles aigres & emportées le mescontentement qu on a de quelque chose. C est un homme qui peste tousjours contre le gouvernement, contre le ministere. il ne fait que pester continuellement. tout le monde peste… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • pester — index annoy, badger, discompose, harass, harry (harass), hector, importune, irritate …   Law dictionary

  • pester — 1520s, to clog, entangle, encumber, probably aphetic of M.Fr. empestrer place in an embarrassing situation (Fr. empêtrer, Walloon epasturer), from V.L. *impastoriare to hobble (an animal), from L. im in + M.L. pastoria (chorda) rope to hobble an… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pester — plague, tease, tantalize, *worry, annoy, harass, harry Analogous words: *bait, badger, hector, heckle, chivy: fret, gall, chafe (see ABRADE): perturb, disturb, agitate, upset, *discompose …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pester — [v] bother, harass annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug*, disturb, dog*, drive crazy, drive up the wall*, fret, get at*, get in one’s hair*, get on one’s nerves*, get to*, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with* …   New thesaurus

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