different between nag vs harry

nag

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?næ?/
  • (North American also) IPA(key): /ne??/, IPA(key): /n??/
  • Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge.

Noun

nag (plural nags)

  1. A small horse; a pony.
  2. An old, useless horse.
    Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
    • 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
      Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
Coordinate terms
  • (old useless horse): bum (racing)
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (to gnaw, grumble), Danish nage, Icelandic nagga (to complain).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
  1. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
    The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
  2. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
    a nagging pain in his left knee
    a nagging north wind
Synonyms
  • (continually remind or complain): ride
  • (bother with thoughts or memories): haunt
  • (persistently bother or annoy): worry
Derived terms
  • nag screen
  • nagware
Related terms
  • gnaw
Translations

Noun

nag (plural nags)

  1. Someone or something that nags.
  2. A repeated complaint or reminder.
  3. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
Synonyms
  • (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew
Derived terms
  • nagless
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

nag

  1. Misspelling of knack.

References

  • nag at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • nag in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • AGN, ANG, GAN, GNA, GaN, Gan, NGA, gan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nacht (night), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na?/

Noun

nag (plural nagte)

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

Colán

Noun

nag

  1. moon

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?
  • Rhymes: -a??

Noun

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

  1. grudge

Derived terms

  • bære nag

Verb

nag

  1. imperative of nage

Gaikundi

Noun

nag

  1. sago

Further reading

  • Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

nag

  1. singular imperative of nagen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nagen

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (naked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâ??/

Adjective

n?g (definite n?g?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. naked

Declension

Synonyms

  • g?l, g?

Derived terms

  • nág?st

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (naked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ná?k/

Adjective

n?g (not comparable)

  1. naked

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • gòl (more formal)

Derived terms

  • nágost

Further reading

  • nag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nek?e, a combination of Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) and *-k?e (and); compare Latin neque.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na?/

Particle

nag

  1. not (in answers and tag questions)

Usage notes

Used before a vowel, but not when that vowel has resulted from the soft mutation of g. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.

Alternative forms

  • na (used before a consonant)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na???/

Noun

nag

  1. rain

Derived terms

  • los nag

Wolof

Noun

nag (definite form nag wi)

  1. cow, cattle

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *na?k? (otter). Cognate with Thai ??? (nâak), Ahom ???????????? (nak).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /na?k?/
  • Tone numbers: nag8
  • Hyphenation: nag

Noun

nag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography nag)

  1. otter
    Synonym: duznag

nag From the web:

  • what nagging means
  • what naggy means
  • what naga means
  • what nagging does to a relationship
  • what national day is it
  • what ng mean
  • what nagging cough
  • what bags


harry

English

Etymology

From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (to harry, devastate), Swedish härja (ravage, harry)), from *harjaz (army) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (army), Lithuanian kãrias (army; war), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, strife), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, chief, commander), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, army)). More at here (army).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hæ?i/
  • Rhymes: -æ?i

Verb

harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)

  1. To plunder, pillage, assault.
  2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
    • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
      "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
      But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
      Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
      Then look for me by moonlight,
      Watch for me by moonlight,
      I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."
  3. To strip, lay waste, ravage.
    • to harry this beautiful region
    • 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature
      A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
  4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Derived terms

  • harrier

Translations


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

  1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

  • harrytur
  • harryhandel

References

  • “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

  1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

  • harrytur
  • harryhandel

References

  • “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

harry From the web:

  • what harry potter house am i
  • what harry potter character am i
  • what harry potter house are you
  • what harry potter house am i pottermore
  • what harry potter wand do i have
  • what harry potter book is the longest
  • what harry potter movie is the best
  • what harry potter villain am i
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like