NAG


Meaning of NAG in English

/ næg; NAmE / verb , noun

■ verb ( -gg- ) nag (at sb)

1.

to keep complaining to sb about their behaviour or keep asking them to do sth

SYN pester :

[ v ]

Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can.

[ vn to inf ]

She had been nagging him to paint the fence.

[also vn ]

2.

to worry or irritate you continuously :

[ v ]

A feeling of unease nagged at her.

[ vn ]

Doubts nagged me all evening.

■ noun

( old-fashioned , informal ) a horse

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WORD ORIGIN

verb early 19th cent. (originally dialect in the sense gnaw ): perhaps of Scandinavian or Low German origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish nagga gnaw, irritate and Low German ( g)naggen provoke.

noun Middle English : of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.