noodge
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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No committees, no contests, no contracts — just some noodge on the city payroll speaks up, and his buddies say, go for it!
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021
Venom is rather a noodge, pestering Eddie in a echoey guttural inner voice about his many shortcomings.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021
He likened Biden to the neighbor who does everything by the book: “In the beginning you think, ‘Gee, what a noodge.’
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020
And then the boss said: “Guys, I hate to be a noodge, but could we get back to abbreviating the states? We still have 49 left.”
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2019
But he’s being something of a noodge about “Under the Dome.”
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2013
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