nag

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Adjective 4 Danish 4.1 Noun 4.2 Verb 5 Slovene 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnæg/, SAMPA: /"n{g/

  Rhymes: -æɡ

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge

[edit] Noun

nag (plural nags)

1. A small horse; a pony.
2. An old useless horse.
3. One who nags.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Probably from a Scandinavian source; compare Swedish nagga (“‘to gnaw, grumble’”), Danish nagge, Icelandic nagga (“‘to complain’”).

[edit] Verb

to nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)

1. To bother with persistent memories.

   The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

2. To repeatedly complain about insignificant matters.
3. To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.

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• Anagrams of AGN
• ANG
• gan, Gan
• NGA

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch nacht (“‘night’”)

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nag (plural nagte)

1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
2. (countable) darkness.

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[edit] Croatian

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nag

1. naked

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nag n. (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)

1. grudge

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nag

1. Imperative of nage.

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nag/

[edit] Adjective

nag

1. naked

[edit] Synonyms

• gol (more formal)

[edit] Derived terms

• nagost