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nag

1  [nag] verb, nagged, nag⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
2. to keep in a state of troubled awareness or anxiety, as a recurrent pain or problem: She had certain misgivings that nagged her.
–verb (used without object)
3. to find fault or complain in an irritating, wearisome, or relentless manner (often fol. by at): If they start nagging at each other, I'm going home.
4. to cause pain, discomfort, distress, depression, etc. (often fol. by at): This headache has been nagging at me all day.
–noun
5. Also, nagger. a person who nags, esp. habitually.
6. an act or instance of nagging.
Origin:
1815–25; < ON nagga to rub, grumble, quarrel; akin to MLG naggen to irritate. See gnaw

Synonyms:
1. pester, harass, hector, irritate, vex.

nag

2  [nag]
–noun
1. an old, inferior, or worthless horse.
2. Slang. any horse, esp. a racehorse.
3. a small riding horse or pony.
Origin:
1350–1400; late ME nagge; connected with D neg(ge) small horse, itself attested late and of obscure orig.; said to be akin to neigh
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nag 1   (nāg)   
v.   nagged, nag·ging, nags

v.   tr.
  1. To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.
  2. To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.
v.   intr.
  1. To scold, complain, or find fault constantly: nagging at the children.
  2. To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance: The half-remembered quotation nagged at my mind.
n.  One who nags.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gnaga, to bite, gnaw.]
nag'ger n., nag'ging·ly adv.
nag 2   (nāg)   
n.  
  1. A horse, especially:
    1. An old or worn-out horse.
    2. Slang A racehorse.
  2. Archaic A small saddle horse or pony.

[Middle English nagge, possibly of Low German origin.]
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Nag

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

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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Language Translation for : nag
Spanish: regañar, dar la lata a alguien,
German: nörgeln,
Japanese: がみがみいう
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nag  (v.)
"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).

nag  (n.)
"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.
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NAG
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NAG
N-acetylglutamate
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