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nudniks

nudniks is the plural of nudnik.

Meaning of nudnik

Noun

nudnik (plural nudniks)

  1. (US, attributive, colloquial, sometimes) A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk.
    • He interrupts people, and he is not interested in anything except what concerns him and his brother. He is a nudnick!1992, Richard Preston quoting Samuel Eilenberg, The New Yorker, 2 March, "The Mountains of Pi"

Questions about nudniks

What is nudniks the plural of?
Nudniks is the plural of nudnik.

Words near nudniks in the dictionary

  1. nudiviruses
  2. nudle
  3. nudnick
  4. nudnicks
  5. nudnik
  6. nudniks
  7. Nudo
  8. Nudos
  9. nudum pactum
  10. nudy
  11. nudy rudy

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