About The Word Nag
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Nag
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What's The Definition Of Nag?
[n] an old or over-worked horse
[n] someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [v] remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation" [v] bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [v] worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts" Synonyms | Synonyms for Nag: common scold | hack | hen-peck | jade | nagger | peck | plug | scold | scolder Related Terms | Find terms related to Nag: advocate | aggravate | annoy | annoyer | apply pressure | badger | badgerer | bait | balker | balky horse | be at | bedevil | beset | besiege | blandish | bother | bring to recollection | bristle | brood mare | brown off | bug | bully | bullyrag | burn up | buttonhole | cajole | call on | call upon | carp at | carry back | charger | chivy | coax | colt | courser | critter | crock | crowbait | devil | discompose | distemper | disturb | dobbin | dog | dun | egg | entire | entire horse | equine | exasperate | exercise | exert pressure | exhort | fash | filly | foal | fret at | fuss | fuss at | garron | gelding | get | give a hint | give the cue | goad | goat | gripe | hack | harass | harasser | harrier | harry | hassle | heckle | heckler | hector | henpeck | high-pressure | hold the promptbook | horse | hound | Houyhnhnm | importune | insist | insist upon | irk | jade | jawbone | jog the memory | jughead | lobby | mare | miff | molest | mount | nag at | needle | nettle | nibble at | niggle | nudge | nudnik | nudzh | peck at | peeve | persecute | persecutor | pest | pester | pesterer | pick at | pick on | pique | plague | plaguer | plead with | pluck the beard | plug | ply | pother | prancer | press | pressure | prod | prompt | prompt the mind | provoke | push | put in mind | put in remembrance | recall | recommend | remember | remind | remind one of | ride | rile | roarer | rogue | roil | rosinante | ruffle | sadist | scalawag | soft-soap | stallion | steed | stiff | stud | studhorse | suggest | sweet-talk | tarpan | tease | teaser | top horse | torment | tormentor | try the patience | tweak the nose | urge | vex | war-horse | wheedle | whistler | wild horse | work on | worry | yap at See Also | complain | disagreeable person | Equus caballus | harridan | horse | kick | kvetch | plain | quetch | remind | sound off | unpleasant person | vex | worry Nag In Webster's Dictionary \Nag\, n. [OE. nagge, D. negge; akin to E. neigh.]
1. A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.
2. A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Nag\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Nagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nagging}.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.] To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] ``She never nagged.'' --J. Ingelow. |
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