different between nag vs narg
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)
- A small horse; a pony.
- An old, useless horse.
- Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug
- (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!
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
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)
- (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)
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- 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)
- Someone or something that nags.
- A repeated complaint or reminder.
- A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
Synonyms
- (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew
Derived terms
- nagless
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
nag
- 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)
- The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
- (countable) darkness.
Colán
Noun
nag
- moon
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)
- grudge
Derived terms
- bære nag
Verb
nag
- imperative of nage
Gaikundi
Noun
nag
- sago
Further reading
- Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?k
Verb
nag
- singular imperative of nagen
- (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 ????)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- rain
Derived terms
- los nag
Wolof
Noun
nag (definite form nag wi)
- 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)
- otter
- Synonym: duznag
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narg
English
Etymology
An acronym for "not a real gentleman" Someone who discusses matters of business when not working. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
narg (plural nargs)
- (Internet) A nerd, someone with extensive knowledge of a particular technical field.
- 1994 November 7, "purvis" (username), "Postal Tiddlywinks", in alt.games.tiddlywinks, Usenet:
- Perhaps I can be of some assistance here, as I appear to be a member of the Rules subcommittee and am therefore (and for other reasons to numerous to mention) a narg.
- 1997, November 4, Sunday lunch, cam.misc
- I don't work in the computer industry, either, but all my friends are sad nargs who sit around talking about things like HHGTTG.
- 1998, June 11, Unusual job for talented computer programmer, cam.misc
- ... most of my adult life going out with a succession of computer programmers, physicists, engineers, budding mathematicians and general nargs of both sexes.
- 2001 February 2, "Vicky Larmour" (username), "Any americans reading this? - HELP!!!!", in cam.misc, Usenet:
- > Tried that myself as a kid (must be an inquisitive nargy engineering
- > thing).
- Oi! Brown! Are you calling me a narg? Oh well, fair enough I suppose :-)
- 1994 November 7, "purvis" (username), "Postal Tiddlywinks", in alt.games.tiddlywinks, Usenet:
Derived terms
- nargery
References
- Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (29 December 2003) , “narg”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7
Anagrams
- ARNG, gRNA, garn, gnar, gran, grna, rang
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