nag

🇺🇸 /næɡ/ 🇬🇧 /næɡ/
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verb
R

to repeatedly tell someone to do something in a way that can be annoying

She kept nagging him to clean his room.

R

to cause someone to feel worried or annoyed by something that keeps happening or not going away

A small worry nagged at her mind.

noun
R

a person who often complains or tells others what to do in an annoying way

Don't be such a nag; let him make his own decisions.

R

a type of horse

The nag was getting old and slow.

translation

v. to repeatedly tell someone to do something in a way that can be annoying; to cause someone to feel worried or annoyed by something that keeps happening or not going away
n. a person who often complains or tells others what to do in an annoying way; a type of horse

Word Forms

3rd Present nags
Past nagged
Perfect nagged
Progressive nagging
Plural nags