1.
[syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
henpeck \hen"peck`\, hen-peck \hen"-peck`\(h[e^]n"p[e^]k`), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (h[e^]n"p[e^]kt`); p. pr. & vb.
n. Henpecking.]
To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to
petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male
companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their
husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often
adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hen-peck
v 1: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]