Usually means: Persistently annoy someone with requests.
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  1. nag: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nag: Merriam-Webster
  3. nag, nag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nag, nag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nag: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Nag, nag: Wordnik
  8. nag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nag: Wiktionary
  10. nag: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nag: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NAG: Dictionary.com
  14. nag (n.), nag (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nag: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NAG, Nag (missile), Nag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nag: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nag: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nag: Rhymezone
  20. nag: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nag: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Nag: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. nag: FreeDictionary.org
  24. nag: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. nag: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. NAG: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. nag: Legal dictionary

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  1. NAG: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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  1. nag: Medical dictionary
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  1. nag, nag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A small horse; a pony.
noun:  An old, useless horse.
noun:  (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
verb:  To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
verb:  To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
noun:  Someone or something that nags.
noun:  A repeated complaint or reminder.
noun:  A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
noun:  Misspelling of knack. [A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.]

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