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Topic: HORSES

Sense: 1
Date: 1800-1900
Origin: NAG1
Sense: 2
Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Origin unknown

nag

2 noun
     
nag2 [countable] informal
1 a person who keeps complaining or asking someone to do something, in an annoying way:
Don't be such a nag!
2HBADSH old-fashioned a horse, especially one that is old or in bad condition
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