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Word entry · 3 letters

nag

Best crossword clue

"Scold repeatedly"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈnæɡ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted agnStarts with NEnds with G2 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2A3G

Definitions

  1. remind or urge constantly

Word origin

From Middle English nagg, nage, nagge (“horse, small riding horse, pony”), cognate with Dutch negge, neg (“horse”), German Nickel (“small horse”). Perhaps related to English neigh.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
  • The room is never cleaned, so her mother nags and nags until she explodes with frustration and threatens to sell her to the lowest bidder.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Scold repeatedly3 letters
02Old horse3 letters

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