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noodge

  [nooj] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), noodged, noodg⋅ing, noun
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nudge 2 .

nudge

2  [nooj] verb, nudged, nudg⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
–verb (used without object)
2. to nag, whine, or carp.
–noun
3. a person who nudges; pest.
Also, noodge, nudzh.

Origin:
1875–80; < Yiddish, s. of nudyen to bore < Pol nudzić; cf. nudnik
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noodge   (nŏŏj)   
n.   & v. Slang
Variant of nudge2.
nudge 2 or nudzh or noodge   (nŏŏj)   
n.  One who persistently pesters, annoys, or complains.
v.   nudged or nudzhed or noodged, nudg·ing or nudzh·ing or noodg·ing, nudg·es or nudzh·es or noodg·es

v.   tr.
To annoy persistently; pester.
v.   intr.
To complain or carp persistently.

[From Yiddish nudyen, to pester, bore, from Polish nudzić.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
nudge [nʊdʒ]

and noodge
  1. n.
    someone who nags. : Sally can be such a nudge!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nudge  (n.)
"complainer, nagger," 1960s, from Yiddish, from Slavic words meaning "fret, ache," realted to the root of nudnik (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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