Толковый словарь английского языка - nag
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~ge; akin to Dutch negge small horse Date: 15th century horse , II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ~ga to moan, complain Date: circa 1828 intransitive verb to find fault incessantly ; complain , to be a persistent source of annoyance or distraction, transitive verb to irritate by constant scolding or urging, badger , worry , ~ger noun ~ging adjective ~gingly adverb III. noun Date: 1925 one who ~s habitually
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1. v. & n. --v. (nagged, nagging) 1 a tr. annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging. b intr. (often foll. by at) find fault, complain, or urge, esp. persistently. 2 intr. (of a pain) ache dully but persistently. 3 a tr. worry or preoccupy (a person, the mind, etc.) (his mistake nagged him). b intr. (often foll. by at) worry or gnaw. --n. a persistently nagging person. Derivatives nagger n. naggingly adv. Etymology: of dial., perh. Scand. or LG, orig.: cf. Norw. & Sw. nagga gnaw, irritate, LG (g)naggen provoke 2. n. 1 colloq. a horse. 2 a small riding-horse or pony. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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