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henpeck

henpeck

English

Verb

henpeck ‎(third-person singular simple present henpecks, present participle henpecking, simple past and past participle henpecked)

(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
  Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, / Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?

Derived terms

henpecked

Translations

to nag persistently

Finnish: nalkuttaa (fi)
French: persécuter (fr) , barber (fr) , importuner (fr) , harceler (fr) , emmerder (fr) (gross) , faire chier (fr) (very gross), casser les couilles (fr) (very gross)
Italian: importunare (it) , punzecchiare (it)

Mandarin: 唠叨 (zh)
Maori: haku
Russian: держа́ть под каблуком ‎(deržátʹ pod kablukom)
Spanish: jorobar (es) , fastidiar (es) , importunar (es) , hostigar (es) , acosar (es) , joder (es) (very gross)