noogie

[ noog-ee ]

/ ˈnʊg i /

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noun Slang.

a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank.

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Also nug·gie, nug·ie .

Origin of noogie

1975–80; apparently expressive alteration of knuckle; see -y²

Words nearby noogie

noodge, noodle, noodlehead, noodling, no offense, noogie, Noogoora burr, nooit, nook, nook and cranny, every, nookery