Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
An old or over-worked horse.
To bother persistently with trivial complaints.
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Examples for "peck "
Examples for "peck "
1 We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places.
2 They peck when I even think about moving but that's not real.
3 A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
4 Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot.
5 With that and the flash-light we could get a peck of them.
1 He was right, of course, and there was no time to quibble .
2 You're in no position to talk of rights or quibble about titles.
3 There was barely a quibble about the charges during the information morning.
4 The woman was too downright in her honesty to quibble or fence.
5 But it is needless to quibble at a definition of the term.
1 She suffered considerable annoyance at the hands of her husband, although she frequently hen-pecked him.
2 The number of Northern church-members who are hen-pecked husbands.
3 In fact, the bishop is hen-pecked .
4 When not hen-pecking her husband this powerful lady was rearing wild animals or corresponding with the Princess Caroline.
5 Many marriages are breaking down under stress because " hen - pecking " wives cannot abide failure in their husbands.
1 It was not in Kay's nature to nag ; she let it drop.
2 He put the old nag in a lope down the rocky creek.
3 After a time the trotting nag overtook the trailers of the procession.
4 He put his find in his pocket and whipped up the nag .
5 With a kick he started the old nag and again pulled in.
6 How sick am I of saddle and nag and the open road.
7 Walter rang the bell, and ordered the four-wheeler and his own nag .
8 The Jew had remained on the road, with his cart and nag .
9 He had his lesson and would not nag the boy any more.
10 The nag is sure of foot, and will leap like a panther.
11 And when I try to counteract it, Barry says that I nag .
12 She'd have to clean the place or it would nag at her.
13 No day passes when the lady elders don't nag me about procreation.
14 Reuben's nag was lame as usual; she refused to budge at first.
15 A nag that could not be answered and would not go away.
16 I was wondering who had outrode the paint-horse and Billie's little nag .
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