different between noogie vs nookie

English

Alternative forms

• nugie, nuggie, noogy

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Yiddish ???????? (nudzhen, “to badger”), or possibly from Hebrew ?????? (nugot, “afflict”) (see Eicha/Lamentations 1:3) or possibly via an alteration of nudge, matching the alteration of wedge to wedgie.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??i

Noun

noogie (plural noogies)

1. (slang) 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.
   • 1987, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 00:06:15

     Marti Page: Mom, is Grandpa Walter going to give me noogies? Susan Page: Of course he's going to give you noogies. He loves giving you noogies. That's how he tells you he loves you. Little Neal Page: Why doesn't he give me noogies? Susan Page: Because you get Indian burns. Little Neal Page: But I prefer noogies.

   • 1991, shooting script of Columbia Pictures My Girl Script, see also My Girl (film).

     Phil then proceeds to give Harry a noogie
     HARRY: HEY! WATCH THE HAIR!! THIS SHIRT GIVES!!! ALL RIGHT!!!!"

Synonyms

• Dutch rub

Translations

Verb

noogie (third-person singular simple present noogies, present participle noogying, simple past and past participle noogied)

1. (slang) To perform a noogie on.

Anagrams

• goonie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nookie (uncountable)

1. (slang) Sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
   • 1996, Elizabeth Kuster, Exorcising Your Ex: How to Get Rid of the Demons of Relationships Past, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN), page 69–70:

     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.

   • 2012, Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart, Penguin (?ISBN), page 190:

     “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.”

Alternative forms

• nooky

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from or related to German Nuckel (“pacifier; teat”), nuckeln (“to suck”), both attested from the 17th century.

Noun

nookie (plural nookies)

1. (US) A pacifier.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier

See also

• noogie

References