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nuggie

/ˈnʊɡi/

nuggie is the alternative form of noogie.

Meaning of noogie

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.
    • give someone a noogie
    Synonyms:
    Dutch rub

See all 2 meanings of noogie

Noun

IPA/nʌɡi/

nuggie (plural nuggies)

  1. (childish, slang) A chicken nugget.
    • I was baking some chicken nuggets in the toaster oven. They smelled divine. […] Now they were popping edamame (another favorite) while I finished up making the nuggies and pasta.2010, Edward Ugel, I'm with Fatty: Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks, page 148
    Synonyms:
    nug

Synonyms of nuggie

Forms of nuggie

pluralnuggies
alternative formnuggy

Origin of nuggie

Clipping of nugget + -ie.

Words that rhyme with nuggie

Questions about nuggie

What does nuggie mean?
Nuggie means a chicken nugget.
What is nuggie the alternative form of?
Nuggie is the alternative form of noogie.
What part of speech is nuggie?
Nuggie is a noun.
How do you pronounce nuggie?
Nuggie is pronounced /ˈnʊɡi/.
What is the plural of nuggie?
The plural of nuggie is nuggies.

Words near nuggie in the dictionary

  1. nuggets of truth
  2. nuggetted
  3. nuggetting
  4. nuggetty
  5. nuggety
  6. nuggie
  7. nuggies
  8. nuggs
  9. nuggy
  10. nugifying
  11. nugs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nuggie (page history and authors); noogie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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