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How to pronounce hen-peck in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nag, peck
Type of complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off

Examples of hen-peck

hen-peck
Chickens peck about under a thatched hen house and contemplate the prospects for the day.
From the guardian.co.uk
It also got a shock when the low-ranking hen of the pair plucked up courage to peck it.
From the time.com
Appreciate that someone of the opposite sex is someone that you can learn from, not just someone to try to hen-peck into submission.
From the abcnews.go.com
As I wait for a Balinese latte at the coffee stand, a mother hen and her chicks peck across the soccer field like something out of a fairy tale.
From the techcrunch.com
For more excitement, there's Yang Zhenzhong's 922 Grains of Rice, in which a rooster and a hen peck away at 922 grains of rice while male and female voices tally his and her scores.
From the time.com
The animatronic pets in the store window include a mother hen watching over her baby Chicken McNuggets as they peck at a barbecue sauce packet, and a rabbit putting makeup on in a mirror.
From the en.wikipedia.org