hector
About 2.33 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
- verb To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- verb To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
Similar words
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Often followed by
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Word family
Hector Hectors hectored hectoring hectoringly hectors
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