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English Dictionary: Nag by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Nag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nag
n
  1. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
    Synonym(s): scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
  2. an old or over-worked horse
    Synonym(s): hack, jade, nag, plug
v
  1. bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
    Synonym(s): nag, peck, hen-peck
  2. worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
  3. remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.] [bd]She never nagged.[b8] --J.
      Ingelow.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   NAG
  
      1. {Numerical Algorithms Group}.
  
      2. The {Linux Network Administrators' Guide}.
  
  
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