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US
/ˈnæɡ/
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[ UK /nˈæɡ/ ]
[ UK /nˈæɡ/ ]
NOUN
- an old or over-worked horse
- someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
VERB
-
worry persistently
nagging concerns and doubts -
remind or urge constantly
she nagged to take a vacation -
bother persistently with trivial complaints
She nags her husband all day long
How To Use nag In A Sentence
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- Come to think of it, it should read "sententia" but you managed to misspell in Latin the word you misspelled in English. When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong
- So no matter how boneheaded an incompetent manager I am, my department is 100% guaranteed to be profitable as long as I'm good at keeping my receipts?
- With no money and hand-me-down charity, they still manage to look 100 times more chic and svelte than the rest of us.
- A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- When Connor sees that Michael's teenage son has witnessed the crime, it spells tragedy for the O'Sullivan family.