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   Nag

   /naɡ/

   

   verb

   • 1. annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging: "she constantly nags her daughter about getting married" Similar harasskeep on atgo on atharp on atbadgerkeep aftergive someone a hard timeget on someone's backpersecutechivvyhoundharrybullypick oncriticizefind fault withkeep complaining tomoan (on) atgrumble athenpeckcarp atscoldupbraidberateinformal:hasslerideheavy
   • ▪ be persistently painful, troublesome, or worrying to: "something nagged at the back of his mind"

   noun

   • 1. a person who nags someone.
   • ▪ a persistent feeling of anxiety: "he felt once again that little nag of doubt"

   Word Origin early 18th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘gnaw’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish nagga ‘gnaw, irritate’. The sense ‘harass constantly’ dates from the early 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nagger noun
   • 2. naggy adjective

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   What is Nag verb?

   • Definition of nag verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] to keep complaining to somebody about their behaviour or keep asking them to do something synonym pester Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. nag at somebody You're always nagging at me.

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   What does nagging mean?

   • nag at somebody You're always nagging at me. nag somebody (to do something) She had been nagging him to paint the fence. nag on about something I do wish you'd stop nagging on about the garden. nag (away) at somebody (to do something) For weeks his father had been nagging away at him to get a job.

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   What does Nagga mean?

   • Also, nagger. a person who nags, esp. habitually. an act or instance of nagging. Old Norse nagga to rub, grumble, quarrel; akin to Middle Low German naggen to irritate. See gnaw

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   Where does nag come from?

   • “ nag ”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. From Dutch nacht (“night”), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts .

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   Nag definition: to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.. See examples of NAG used in a sentence.

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   NAG meaning: 1. to criticize or complain often in an annoying way, especially in order to try and make someone…. Learn more.

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   Definition of nag – Learner’s Dictionary. nag. verb [ I, T ] uk / næɡ / us present participle nagging | past tense and past participle nagged. Add to word list. to keep criticizing or giving advice to someone in an annoying way: They keep nagging me about going to university. Phrasal verbs. nag (away) at sb.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English nag1 /næɡ/ verb (nagged, nagging) [ intransitive, transitive] 1 to keep asking someone to do something, or to keep complaining to someone about their behaviour, in an annoying way → pester I wish you’d stop nagging! nag somebody to do something Nadia’s been nagging me to fix the lamp. nag ...

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   an act or instance of nagging. Old Norse nagga to rub, grumble, quarrel; akin to Middle Low German naggen to irritate. See gnaw. 1815–25. 1. pester, harass, hector, irritate, vex. nag2 (nag), n. an old, inferior, or worthless horse. [ Slang.]any horse, esp. a racehorse.

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   What does the verb nag mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb nag . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.