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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pest /pɛst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing;
nuisance:The youngster was a pest on the airplane. - Insectsan insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pest (pest),USA pronunciation n. - an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing;
nuisance. - Insectsan insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc.
- Pathologya deadly epidemic disease, esp. a plague;
pestilence.
- Latin pestis plague
- 1545–55
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged annoyance.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pandemic, scourge, epidemic.
Pest (pest; Hung. pesht),USA pronunciation n. - Place NamesSee under Budapest.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pest /pɛst/ n - a person or thing that annoys, esp by imposing itself when it is not wanted; nuisance
- any organism that damages crops, injures or irritates livestock or man, or reduces the fertility of land
- (as modifier): pest control
- rare an epidemic disease or pestilence
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin pestis plague, of obscure origin |