nags

Noun (1)

nag (plural nags)

1. A small horse; a pony.
2. An old, useless horse.
   • We used to lure the nags into the back of our truck with oats and sugar, then we'd drive back to town to this warehouse and inject the nags with small quantities of morphine I'd stolen.2011, James Ellroy, Clandestine, →ISBN, page 245

   Synonyms:

   aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug

3. (derogatory, obsolete) A paramour.
   • Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Noun (2)

nag (plural nags)

1. Someone or something that nags.
   • 'That fellow is a nag.' 'Aye, the worst kind,' agreed Hamish, and then smiled, and at that smile, Miss Gunnery thawed even more.2011, M.C. Beaton -, Death of a Nag, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   shrew

2. A repeated complaint or reminder.
   • And finally the biggest thank you of all to my partner Steven Winston for your love, enthusiasm, encouragement, support, humour, nags, and glasses of wine.2011, Mike Bryant, Peter Mabbutt, Hypnotherapy For Dummies, →ISBN
3. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
   • All that while there was a little nag going on at the back of his mind, which he strove to disregard. But it insisted on attention, and to get rid of it he put down his palette abruptly and got out his mustard-tin cash-box and counted his money.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 152

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