noogie
Plural: noogies
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.
Verb
- To perform a noogie on.
Examples
- get a noogie
- give someone a noogie
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Dutch rub
Scrabble Score: 7
noogie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnoogie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
noogie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
noogie: valid Words With Friends Word