noun
Meaning 1
A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
henpeck
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛnpɛk/
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General-American: /ˈhɛnˌpɛk/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 N P EH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To nag persistently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: chiefly by a wife
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to peck or peck at another bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Of a hen
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From hen + peck.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 唠叨 — to nag persistently
- Finnish: nalkuttaa — to nag persistently
- French: persécuter — to nag persistently
- French: barber — to nag persistently
- French: importuner — to nag persistently
- French: harceler — to nag persistently
- French: emmerder — to nag persistently
- French: faire chier — to nag persistently
- French: casser les couilles — to nag persistently
- Italian: importunare — to nag persistently
- Italian: punzecchiare — to nag persistently
- Māori: haku — to nag persistently
- Māori: hakuhaku — to nag persistently
- Russian: держа́ть под каблуком (deržátʹ pod kablukom) — to nag persistently
- Spanish: jorobar — to nag persistently
- Spanish: fastidiar — to nag persistently
- Spanish: importunar — to nag persistently
- Spanish: hostigar — to nag persistently
- Spanish: acosar — to nag persistently
- Spanish: joder — to nag persistently
- Swedish: hunsa — to nag persistently