[ 'hɛktə ]
■ verb talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME (orig. denoting a hero, later a braggart or bully): from the Trojan warrior Hector in Homer's Iliad .
[ 'hɛktə ]
■ verb talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME (orig. denoting a hero, later a braggart or bully): from the Trojan warrior Hector in Homer's Iliad .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004