nag

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A small horse

   A small horse; a pony.

2. 2

   An old, useless horse.

   • We used to lure the nags into the back of our truck with oats and sugar, then we'd drive back to town to this warehouse and inject the nags with small quantities of morphine I'd stolen.
3. 3

   A paramour.

   • Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
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   1. 4

      To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about…

      To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

      • The room is never cleaned, so her mother nags and nags until she explodes with frustration and threatens to sell her to the lowest bidder.
      • Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
   2. 5

      To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.

      • The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
      • I guess it happens all the time in crime stories where the detective suddenly remembers a bit of conversation that nags him in some way, then for some inexplicable reason, it's just right there in front of you, like a sign pointing 'here!
      • Sometimes I write because there is a question that nags at me, sometimes because there is a question that nags at other people.
   3. 6

      To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

      • But at night, around the uncertain edge of dreams, and when the wind nags, there are few whom an odd sound will not thrill
      • When a breeze comes up and nags the surface, it sparkles like a gemstone.
   4. 7

      Someone or something that nags.

      • 'That fellow is a nag.' 'Aye, the worst kind,' agreed Hamish, and then smiled, and at that smile, Miss Gunnery thawed even more.
      • But, pchA has to produce more than awareness, always-on alerts/nags, or edu-tainment.
   5. 8

      A repeated complaint or reminder.

      • And finally the biggest thank you of all to my partner Steven Winston for your love, enthusiasm, encouragement, support, humour, nags, and glasses of wine.
      • I turned it on Eileen and threw in a couple of my normal nags about her driving.
   6. 9

      A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.

      • During my lengthy aerobic strolls (which more or less served as a tool of meditation), that thought about “college” became a persistent nag.
   7. 10

      Misspelling of knack.

   8. 11

      Initialism of Numeric Annotation Glyph

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