Meaning

2 senses

  1. To nag persistently.

    держа́ть под каблукомderžátʹ pod kablukom

  2. To peck or peck at another bird.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Are you henpecked?

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  2. Tom is henpecked.

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  3. No wonder he is a henpecked husband.

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  4. I had heard of henpecked husbands and now I felt that I saw one.

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  5. A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to nag persistently:

Origin

From hen + peck.

From hen + peck.

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Forms

henpecks, henpecking, henpecked, henpecked
Base formhenpeck · to henpeck
3rd person singularhenpecks
Present participlehenpecking
Past simplehenpecked
Past participlehenpecked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhenpeck
he, she, ithenpecks

Past simpleLesson

all personshenpecked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave henpecked
he, she, ithas henpecked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill henpeck

Word family

3 related words
Derivedhenpeckedhenpeckerhenpeckery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
henceC1henceforthhenchmanhenhousehenryhentaihepatitisherA1
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