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henpecks

henpecks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of henpeck.

Meaning of henpeck

Verb

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

  1. (chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.
    • But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number)
  2. To peck or peck at another bird.
    • Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 104

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Questions about henpecks

What is henpecks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Henpecks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of henpeck.

Words near henpecks in the dictionary

  1. henpecker
  2. henpeckers
  3. henpeckery
  4. henpecking
  5. henpeckings
  6. henpecks
  7. henpen
  8. henpens
  9. Henquin
  10. Henri
  11. Henriad

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