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Discover LudwigThe word "noogie" is usable in written English and is considered informal
It is typically used to describe a playful act of rubbing someone's head, usually as a form of teasing. Example: "After winning the game, he gave his friend a noogie to celebrate." Alternatives include "head rub" or "playful headlock."
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noogie
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.
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Not wanting to risk an in-person noogie, I e-mailed Farley some questions that he was kind enough to answer.
He'd tried YouTube, but it required a modicum of technical expertise, as well as sincerity and a crusading mind-set; if YouTube was for student-council types who wanted everyone to divest from Sodastream, Vine was the sniggering truant who gave you a noogie as he raced by.
A few villains have hearts as black as coal; a few of the decent people could use a good noogie.
The book seems to have been written not in ink but in strychnine: the tale soaks into your skin, blitzes your immune system, gives your pancreas a noogie, and finally stops your heart.
Wrestle your heart to the ground and give it a noogie.
In the game's final minutes, James grooved to "Surfin' Bird" during a timeout and gave a noogie to Hickson.
Our former heroes in a halfshell have become hulking, cold-bloodied bullies, demanding our pocket money and offering nothing in return – save a joyless, two-hour noogie such as this.
And then he gave me a noogie.
But no — this churlish ogre is too busy threatening to noogie Mitch McConnell to step up as a leader and help us de-facto murder low-income children under the guise of "choice".
Or this: a dad in sky-blue Wranglers and a T-shirt smiles through a toss or two of a football, then grabs his son lovingly by the arms and swings him in tilting circles; when he's done, maybe he gives the kid a noogie.
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Where Lasseter is Pixar's beaming dad, Stanton is the noogie-dispensing firstborn who keeps his siblings in line.
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