Definition, synonyms and related words
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.
To perform a noogie on.
The origin of noogie is unknown, though it may come from Yiddish nudzhen, meaning "to badger," or Hebrew nugot, meaning "afflict." Alternatively, the word could be a playful alteration of nudge, similar to how wedge became wedgie.