cling, grab, fumble, cry, beg, whimper, badger, pester, whine, evade, pretend, fixate, implode, tattle, interrupt, throw a temper tantrum, persist, lapse, complain, grumble, pout, mope, bellyache, shirk, avoid, dally, dawdle, snub, bicker, revert, hack away at, associate with, flunk, forget, regress, sulk, nag, malinger, wriggle out of, implore, misbehave, prattle, overstep, tug (on one's sleeve), hassle

screech, test, protest, mock, mimic, challenge, snarl, tease, swagger, violate, vex, flout, erupt, shout, throw a temper tantrum, persist, demand, snap back, argue, gripe, gloat, refuse, rankle, squabble, swear, bully, provoke, resist, rebel, defy, disobey, tick off, act out/up, scorn, glower, insist, annoy, goad, clown, overstep, taunt, talk back, rile up, make fun of, snipe (at babysitter), antagonize, instigate, retort, rejoin