noogie

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/ˈnʊɡi/

noun

An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

“get a noogie”

Similar
Dutch rub
OriginYiddish נודזשען ← Hebrew נוגות →
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Meanings

nounnoogie (plural noogies)

plural noogies · alternative noogy · alternative nuggie · alternative nuggy · alternative nugie

  1. slangAn act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

    get a noogie

    3 more examples

    give someone a noogie

    Marti Page: Mom, is Grandpa Walter going to give me noogies? Susan Page: Of course he's going to give you noogies. He loves giving you noogies. That's how he tells you he loves you. Little Neal Page: Why doesn't he give me noogies? Susan Page: Because you get Indian burns. Little Neal Page: But I prefer noogies.

    1987, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 00:06:15

    1991, shooting script of Columbia Pictures My Girl Script, see also My Girl (film). Phil then proceeds to give Harry a noogie HARRY: HEY! WATCH THE HAIR!! THIS SHIRT GIVES!!! ALL RIGHT!!!!"

    Synonyms: Dutch rub

verbnoogie (third-person singular simple present noogies, present participle noogying, simple past and past participle noogied)

present singular third person noogies · participle present noogying · participle past noogied · past noogied · alternative noogy · alternative nuggie · alternative nuggy · alternative nugie

  1. slangTo perform a noogie on.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

Similar
Dutch rub
Also see
dutch rubrapscob someone's knob

Origin

  1. Hebrewנוגות“afflict”
  2. Yiddishנודזשען“to badger”
  3. Englishnoogie

Unknown, possibly from Yiddish נודזשען (nudzhen, “to badger”), or possibly from Hebrew נוגות (nugot, “afflict”) (see Eicha/Lamentations 1:3) or possibly via an alteration of nudge, matching the alteration of wedge to wedgie.

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Translations

Finnish kolipottu
  • kolipottuknuckle rub on head
Hungarian barack
  • barackknuckle rub on head
Indonesian jitak
  • jitakknuckle rub on head
Polish czochranie
  • czochranieknuckle rub on head
Portuguese cascudo
  • cascudoknuckle rub on head
Spanish coscorrón, cocacho
  • coscorrónknuckle rub on head
  • cocachoknuckle rub on head
  • coscachoknuckle rub on head
  • cocorronazoknuckle rub on head
  • sapeknuckle rub on head

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with noogie

boogie-woogiefull tilt boogienuggie
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Anagrams

goonie
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