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nag

UK/ˈnaɡ/ US/ˈnæɡ/ fairly common
verb (3) noun (2)

verb

1.

bother persistently with trivial complaints

  • “She nags her husband all day long”
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2.

worry persistently

  • “nagging concerns and doubts”
3.

remind or urge constantly

  • “she nagged to take a vacation”

noun

1.
2.

an old or over-worked horse

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Origin

Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (“to gnaw, grumble”), Danish nage (“to nag, bother”), Icelandic nagga (“to complain”). Compare typologically fret, Bulgarian глождя (gloždja), Russian глода́ть (glodátʹ), грызть (gryztʹ), по́едом есть (pójedom jestʹ), е́дкий (jédkij).

Phrases

  • nag screen
  • shanks' nag

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