'NAG' definitions:
Definition of 'nag'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold]
noun
verb
Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]
verb
Worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
verb
Remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
Definition of 'Nag'
From: GCIDE
- Nag \Nag\ (n[a^]g), n. [OE. nagge, D. negge; akin to E. neigh.]
- 1. A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse, especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Nag'
From: GCIDE
- Nag \Nag\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Nagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Nagging.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.] To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." --J. Ingelow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Nag'
From: GCIDE
- Nag \Nag\ (n[a^]g), n. A person who nags, especially habitually; called also nagger. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'nag'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- aggravate,
- annoy,
- annoyer,
- apply pressure,
- badger,
- badgerer,
- bait,
- balker,
- balky horse,
- be at,
- bedevil,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- bother,
- bring to recollection,
- bristle,
- brood mare,
- brown off,
- bug,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- burn up,
- buttonhole,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- carp at,
- carry back,
- charger,
- chivy,
- coax,
- colt,
- courser,
- critter,
- crock,
- crowbait,
- devil,
- discompose,
- distemper,
- disturb,
- dobbin,
- dog,
- dun,
- egg,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- equine,
- exasperate,
- exercise,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- fash,
- filly,
- foal,
- fret at,
- fuss,
- fuss at,
- garron,
- gelding,
- get,
- give a hint,
- give the cue,
- goad,
- goat,
- gripe,
- hack,
- harass,
- harasser,
- harrier,
- harry,
- hassle,
- heckle,
- heckler,
- hector,
- henpeck,
- high-pressure,
- hold the promptbook,
- horse,
- hound,
- Houyhnhnm,
- importune,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- irk,
- jade,
- jawbone,
- jog the memory,
- jughead,
- lobby,
- mare,
- miff,
- molest,
- mount,
- nag at,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nibble at,
- niggle,
- nudge,
- nudnik,
- nudzh,
- peck at,
- peeve,
- persecute,
- persecutor,
- pest,
- pester,
- pesterer,
- pick at,
- pick on,
- pique,
- plague,
- plaguer,
- plead with,
- pluck the beard,
- plug,
- ply,
- pother,
- prancer,
- press,
- pressure,
- prod,
- prompt,
- prompt the mind,
- provoke,
- push,
- put in mind,
- put in remembrance,
- recall,
- recommend,
- remember,
- remind,
- remind one of,
- ride,
- rile,
- roarer,
- rogue,
- roil,
- rosinante,
- ruffle,
- sadist,
- scalawag,
- soft-soap,
- stallion,
- steed,
- stiff,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- suggest,
- sweet-talk,
- tarpan,
- tease,
- teaser,
- top horse,
- torment,
- tormentor,
- try the patience,
- tweak the nose,
- urge,
- vex,
- war-horse,
- wheedle,
- whistler,
- wild horse,
- work on,
- worry,
- yap at
Acronyms for 'NAG'
From: V.E.R.A.
- National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, org., predecessor), "NAg"
- Network Architecture Group (org.)
- Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, org.), "NAg"