Definition of
Nag
- (noun, person) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- (noun, animal) an old or over-worked horse
- (verb, communication) bother persistently with trivial complaints
- (verb, emotion) worry persistently
- (verb, cognition) remind or urge constantly
via WordNet, Princeton University
Alternate forms of Nag
Hyponyms: harridan
Hypernyms: complain, disagreeable person, equus caballus, horse, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, remind, sound off, unpleasant person, vex, worry
Origin of the word Nag
- "annoy by scolding," 1828, originally a dialectal word, probably ultimately from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. gnaga "to complain," lit. "to bite, gnaw," dial. Swed. and Norw. nagga "to gnaw") related to O.E. gnagan "to gnaw" (see gnaw). more
- "old horse," c.1400, nagge "small riding horse," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Du. negge, neg (but these are more recent than the Eng. word). Term of abuse is a transferred sense, first recorded 1598. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Nag
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