Noogie

//ˈnʊɡi// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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. slang

    "give someone a noogie"

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a noogie on. slang

Synonyms

All synonyms
dutch rubdutch rubrapscob someone's knob

Example

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"In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie."

Etymology

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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