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    nettle
    /ˈnɛtl/

    noun

    • 1. a herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.

    verb

    • 1. irritate or annoy (someone): "‘I was only asking,’ Jess said, nettled"
    • 2. sting with nettles. archaic

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › nettleNettle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Nettle can be a noun for a plant with stinging hairs or a verb for annoying or irritating someone. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, examples, and history of nettle from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNETTLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Nettle is a noun for a plant with stinging hairs and a verb for making someone annoyed or angry. Learn how to use nettle in sentences and find translations in different languages.

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  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › nettleNETTLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. any weedy plant of the temperate urticaceous genus Urtica, such as U. dioica ( stinging nettle ), having serrated leaves with stinging hairs and greenish flowers. any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNETTLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Nettle is a noun for a plant with stinging hairs and a verb for making someone annoyed. Learn how to use nettle in sentences and find translations in different languages.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › nettleNettle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If you know what a nettle is—it's a plant with stinging hairs—then you'll have no trouble remembering the verb nettle: it means to annoy, bother, irritate, or bedevil. A kid sister, a mosquito, an angry boyfriend, or a hot, muggy day: all of these are examples of things that might nettle a person.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › nettleNettle - definition of nettle by The Free Dictionary

    Nettle is a plant with stinging hairs that causes irritation on contact, or a verb meaning to annoy or provoke. Learn more about the different types of nettles, their uses, and related expressions.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNETTLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A nettle is a wild plant with stinging hairs that irritate the skin. It can also mean to annoy or provoke someone, or to grasp a difficult problem.