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Verb: henpeck  'hen,pek
Usage: informal
  1. Bother persistently with trivial complaints
    "She henpecks her husband all day long";
    - nag, peck, hen-peck [informal]

Derived forms: henpecks, henpecked, henpecking, hen-pecks, hen-pecking, hen-pecked

Type of: complain, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], sound off

Encyclopedia: Henpeck, Ohio