Reverse Dictionary: HECTOR

ADJECTIVES
► HUFF-SNUFF arrogant, hectoring, blustering → a1693 obs. obs.
► PYRGOPOLINIZING acting in a manner characteristic of Pyrgopolinices; swaggering, hectoring → 1605 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CAPTAIN HACKUM a hectoring bully → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► HECK a hector; a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully → 1706 obs.
► HECTORER one who hectors, brags, blusters, or domineers; one who plays the hector or bully → 1827
► HUFF-CAP a swaggering or hectoring blade; a swashbuckler → 1600 obs.
► HUFFER a boastful, swaggering, hectoring person → 1664 obs.
► HUFF-SNUFF a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart, a hector, a blustering person → 1583 obs.

VERBS
► BOUNCE to talk big, to bluster, to hector; to swagger → c1626 obs.
► BREAK ONE’S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag → 1955 US sl.
► BUST ONE’S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag → 1967 US sl.
► COME THE OLD SOLDIER to hector someone; to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge → 1984 UK sl.
► MOLLYCRUSH to hector, to domineer → 1866 Eng. dial.
► PYRGOPOLINIZE to swagger, to hector → 1605 obs.