hen-peck

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hen-peck has 1 sense

hen-peck(v = verb.communication) nag, peck - bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"

is one way to complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off

Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hen-peck, v. t.

To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her. [1913 Webster]

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