NAGGINGS

Noun

naggings

plural of nagging

Anagrams

• gang sign, gangings, snagging

Source: Wiktionary


NAGGING

Nag"ging, a.

Definition: Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]

NAG

Nag, n. Etym: [OE. nagge, D. negge; akin to E. neigh.]

1. A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

2. A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.

Nag, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Nagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Nagging.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.]

Definition: To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." J. Ingelow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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