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nug⋅gie

  [noog-ee]
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–noun
noogie.
Also, nugie.

noog⋅ie

  [noog-ee]
–noun Slang.
a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank.
Also, nuggie, nugie.

Origin:
1975–80; appar. expressive alter. of knuckle; see -y 2
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