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Traditional English :: nag(1)
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naggir.html - v. & n. --v. (nagged, nagging)
1 a tr. annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging. b intr. (often foll. by at) find fault, complain, or urge, esp. persistently.
2 intr. (of a pain) ache dully but persistently.
3 a tr. worry or preoccupy (a person, the mind, etc.) (his mistake nagged him). b intr. (often foll. by at) worry or gnaw. --n. a persistently nagging person. nagger n. naggingly adv. [of dial., perh. Scand. or LG, orig.: cf. Norw. & Sw. nagga gnaw, irritate, LG (g)naggen provoke] |
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Traditional English :: nag(2)
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naggir.html - n.
1 colloq. a horse.
2 a small riding-horse or pony. [ME: orig. unkn.] |
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English Idioms :: nail
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naggir.html - See: HARD AS NAILS, HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, TOOTH AND NAIL. |
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English Idioms :: nail down
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naggir.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To make certain; make sure; settle. * /Joe had a hard time selling his car, but he finally nailed the sale down when he got his friend Sam to give him $300./ * /The New York Yankees nailed down the American League Championship when they beat the Red Sox 3 to on September 15./ |
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English Idioms :: nail one's colors to the mast
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naggir.html - {literary} To let everyone know what you think is right and refuse to change. * /During the election campaign the candidate nailed his colors to the mast on the question of civil rights./ |
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English Idioms :: name
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naggir.html - See: CALL NAMES, HANDLE TO ONE'S NAME, IN NAME, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN, TO ONE'S NAME. |
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