verb · transitive · rare

hector

hec·tor

hector · hectors · hectored · hectoring

тероризувати, стероризувати

пыхтеть, нюхать, нюхнуть

einschüchtern, mobben, schikanieren

To dominate or intimidate in a blustering wayTo dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.

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UK/ˈhɛktə/US/ˈhɛktɚ/

» I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
einschüchtern
(intransitive)To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
mobben, schikanieren

More definitions

be bossy towards

Examples

17 sentences

I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.
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The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line.
deDie Streikenden schüchterten die wenigen Streikbrecher ein, die es wagten, die Streikpostenkette zu überqueren.
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The mediator asked the unruly members of the audience to stop hectoring the speaker.
ruПосредник попросил недисциплинированных слушателей перестать беспокоить оратора.
deDer Mediator forderte die undisziplinierten Zuhörer auf, den Redner nicht mehr zu belästigen.
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Achilles defeated Hector, but after a short time he himself was killed in battle.
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Mum! Hector's doing my head in!
deMama! Hektor geht mir auf den Wecker!
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Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to dominate or intimidate:

to behave like a hector or bully:

Origin

From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greate

From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

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