nag

nag
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1. complain, cavil, Yiddish. kvetch, carp, criticize, scold; crab, grumble, Inf. grouse, grouch; whine, snivel, henpeck; bicker, wrangle; pester, Inf. drive up the wall, badger, fret, vex, irritate; harp at, pick on, harass, ride, hector.
2. distress, torment, torture, pain; perturb, disturb, worry, bother, upset.
n
3. complainer, whiner, Yiddish. kvetch, grumbler, faultfinder; grouch, scold; shrew, harpy, termagant, fishwife; pest, Sl. pain in the neck.
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n
I. jade, Sl. crowbait, Sl. plug, Sl. scrag, Rosinante, Sl. bag of bones.
2.Slang. racehorse, Thoroughbred, Arab, Inf. bangtail.
3. riding horse, pony, cow pony. See horse(def.1).

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