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her day and night about going on a diet.
--n. 2 scold, harpy, pest, shrew, virago, termagant, fishwife:
You certainly can be a terrible nag, can't you?
nagý n. jade, Rosinante; horse, hack, pony, dobbin, racehorse,
Thoroughbred, Slang gee-gee, US hayburner, plug, bangtail,
gee-gee: That old nag wouldn't be able to clear the fence.
nagging adj. distressing, chronic, continuous, continual, persistent,
unrelenting, relentless, recurring: He complains of a nagging
pain in his shoulder. I have a nagging feeling that I have an
appointment to be somewhere.
nail n. 1 fastener, fastening, spike, pin: The pieces were held
together by several nails. 2 fingernail, toenail, claw, talon:
The detective found some fibres under the victim's nails. 3
bite one's nails. worry, agonize, fret, lose sleep (over),
chafe, suffer, Colloq stew (over or about): Carl is biting his
nails over the result of his cholesterol test. 4 hard or tough
as nails. a tough, vigorous, hardy: After years of
mountain-climbing, Ren‚ is as hard as nails. b cold,
unsentimental, unsympathetic, unfeeling: The boss, as hard as
nails, doesn't care what you sacrifice to get the job done. 5
hit the nail on the head. be accurate, be correct, be precise,
be right, put (one's) finger on it: When you said they were
fools, you really hit the nail on the head. 6 on the nail.
immediately, at once, straight or right away, promptly, without
delay, on the spot, Colloq US on the barrel-head: He has always
paid his bills right on the nail.
--v. 7 attach, secure, join, pin, tack, clinch or clench;
fasten, fix, focus, rivet, glue: The door to the mysterious
room was nailed shut. His eyes were nailed to the pressure
gauge. 8 See nab, above. 9 hit, strike; punch; shoot: She
nailed him with a left hook and he sank like a stone. 10 nail
down. settle, secure, resolve, complete, conclude, make final;
finalize: Let's celebrate: I nailed down the order for 10,000
air-conditioning units.
na‹ve adj. naive or na‹f, ingenuous, innocent, credulous, childlike,
born yesterday, unaffected, unsophisticated, inexperienced,
green, unworldly, unsuspecting, unenlightened, unsuspicious,