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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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worry
English
Etymology
From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyry?en (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyr?an, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer??- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit ????? (v?hati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver?žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) ?????????? (otverzát?, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /?w??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w??i/, /?w?i/
- (General New Zealand, General Australian, non-standard) IPA(key): /?w??i/
- (West Country, nonstandard) IPA(key): /?w???i/
- (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
Homophone: wurry
Verb
worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)
- (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
- (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
- (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
- (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
- (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
- 1997, David Sedaris, "A Plague of Tics", Naked, page 15:
- So what if I wanted to touch my nose to the windshield? Who was it hurting? Why was it that he could repeatedly worry his change and bite his lower lip without the threat of punishment?
- 2002, Masha Hamilton, Staircase of a Thousand Steps, page 272:
- No stories, no arguments. He just worries his prayer beads.
- 1997, David Sedaris, "A Plague of Tics", Naked, page 15:
- (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.
- 1891, Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1891), Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:
- We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."
- 1891, Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1891), Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:
Synonyms
- (trouble mentally): fret
Derived terms
- beworry
- worried
Translations
Noun
worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries)
- A strong feeling of anxiety.
- An instance or cause of such a feeling.
- A person who causes worry.
Derived terms
- worrisome
- worryful
- worryless
Translations
Scots
Verb
worry
- (transitive) To strangle.
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