nookie

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/ˈnʊki/

noun

Sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

“I came home early and caught them on the couch having a bit of nookie.”

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Meanings

nookie1

nounnookie (uncountable)

alternative nooky

  1. slanguncountableSex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

    I came home early and caught them on the couch having a bit of nookie.

    5 more examples

    Yeah. Maybe we/ll^([sic]) make the rounds of the bars. I could use a little nookie. Thats^([sic]) what I need, a good piece of ass.

    1964, Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, New York: Grove Press, page 281

    I told you you’d get more nookie than you can shake a stick at if you tell the girls that your wife died. It’s the sympathy vote.

    1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 43

    Some men only put up with them because their male ego has convinced them that sooner or later, you'll give in to your natural attraction to them and they'll get some nookie.

    1996, Elizabeth Kuster, Exorcising Your Ex: How to Get Rid of the Demons of Relationships Past, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

    “All the guys I'd want to date live in Coeur d'Alene.” She slipped into the sweater, looking far better in it than Holly had. “I don't have time to drive hours for my nookie.”

    2012, Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart, Penguin, →ISBN, page 190

    If you want Cookie's nookie, then ditch the bitch.

    2015, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, “The Lyon's Roar”, in Empire, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Cookie Lyon
  2. slanguncountableAn attractive woman, when considered as a sex object.

    I’m smelling like dope and I’m shooting for more / Eyes glued to the nookie moving slow on the floor

    2002, People Under the Stairs, “The Suite For Beaver Part 2”, in O.S.T.

nookie2

nounnookie (plural nookies)

plural nookies

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Origin

nookie · noun

  1. Dutchneuken“to fuck”
  2. Englishnookie

Possibly from Dutch neuken (“to fuck”). Compare cognate and synonymous German Low German nöken, nucken.

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nookie · noun

  1. GermanNuckel“pacifier; teat”
  2. Englishnookie

Possibly from or related to German Nuckel (“pacifier; teat”), nuckeln (“to suck”), both attested from the 17th century, in which case the German brand name NUK, though officially an acronym, could be named after the generic word.

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Translations

Finnish muhinointi, seksi
  • muhinointisexual intercourse
  • seksisexual intercourse
  • rakastelusexual intercourse
French baise
  • baisesexual intercourse
German Schäferstündchen, Fick
  • Schäferstündchensexual intercourse
  • Ficksexual intercourse
  • Geschlechtsverkehrsexual intercourse
Hindi चुदाई
  • चुदाई (cudāī)sexual intercourse
Spanish polvo
  • polvosexual intercourse
Swedish sex
  • sexsexual intercourse

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

nookie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nookie

MLA

“nookie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nookie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nookie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nookie.

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