transcription, транскрипция: [ hektə(r) ]
( hectors, hectoring, hectored)
If you say that someone is hectoring you, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively.
I suppose you’ll hector me until I phone him.
= bully
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
• hec‧tor‧ing
In a loud, hectoring tone, Alan told us that he wasn’t going to waste time discussing nonsense.
= bullying
ADJ : usu ADJ n