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HEN-PECK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bother persistently with trivial complaints

Example:

She nags her husband all day long

Synonyms:

hen-peck; nag; peck

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hen-peck" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

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