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Verb: nag (nagged,nagging)  nag
  1. Bother persistently with trivial complaints
    "She nags her husband all day long";
    - peck, hen-peck [informal], henpeck [informal]
     
  2. Worry persistently
    "nagging concerns and doubts"
     
  3. Remind or urge constantly
    "she nagged to take a vacation"
Noun: nag  nag
  1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
    - scold, scolder, nagger, common scold
     
  2. An old or over-worked horse
    - hack, jade, plug [N. Amer, informal]

Sounds like: knag

Derived forms: nagging, nags, nagged

Type of: complain, disagreeable person, Equus caballus, horse, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], remind, sound off, unpleasant person, vex, worry

Encyclopedia: Nag, Martin