trouble
- Noun. A distressful or dangerous situation.
- Noun. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- Noun. A violent occurrence or event.
- Noun. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- Noun. A malfunction, as in "heart trouble".
- Noun. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Verb. (context, transitive) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- Verb. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- Verb. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
- Verb. (reflexive, _) To take pains (term, to) do something.
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