ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Naggle

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈnæɡ.əl/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Naggle is a verb meaning To niggle; to irritate or bother continually or repeatedly.

Meaning

To niggle; to irritate or bother continually or repeatedly.

More Meanings

  1. To haggle; to negotiate argumentatively.
  2. (intransitive) To nag, carp, or quarrel.
  3. (transitive) To harass or scold.
  4. To make many minor adjustments to; to fiddle with.
  5. To claw or dig away.
  6. A minor irritant.
  7. (obsolete) To toss the head or cause to toss the head.

Example Sentences

But I knew the doctor's words naggled in the back of his mind.
Over his prostrate body we ambled, the ill - tempered little beast naggling at its bit, and doing his utmost to unseat me .
Nothing obscene, for goodness sake, but just at the bare threshold of audibility, so that it niggles and naggles and bothers.
On the Pieces last Sunday they made such a rout, i That the scurrilous author would soon be found out, Then they naggled their heads, while their tails flew about.

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Related dictionary entries include niggle, niddle-noddle, sniggle, tossicate, chack, toss.

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