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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nag
       n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly
            finding fault [syn: {scold}, {scolder}, {nagger}, {common
            scold}]
       2: an old or over-worked horse [syn: {hack}, {jade}, {plug}]
       v 1: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
            husband all day long" [syn: {peck}, {hen-peck}]
       2: worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
       3: remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
       [also: {nagging}, {nagged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nagged
       See {nag}

















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