: the act of rubbing one's knuckles on a person's head so as to produce a mildly painful sensation
Examples of noogie in a Sentence
The boys gave each other noogies.
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And Peggy deals with Bobby fighting dirty by embarrassing him and giving him noogies as Hank and the neighbors watch.
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Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
That’s right, gentle Jimmy Carter once gave me a noogie for seventeen straight hours.
—Marc Philippe Eskenazi, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2021
James, Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard have the muscle to give the Nuggets a noogie and rub their noses in the paint.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Who would blow in LeBron James’ ear or give him a playful noogie?
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2018
But Wagener comes across as a jock, the karate guy from the bad dojo, someone who might at any moment give you a noogie.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2018
The outside baseball world might view it as arrogant, but tough noogies.
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2017
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Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
That’s right, gentle Jimmy Carter once gave me a noogie for seventeen straight hours.
—Marc Philippe Eskenazi, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2021
James, Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard have the muscle to give the Nuggets a noogie and rub their noses in the paint.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Who would blow in LeBron James’ ear or give him a playful noogie?
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2018
But Wagener comes across as a jock, the karate guy from the bad dojo, someone who might at any moment give you a noogie.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2018
The outside baseball world might view it as arrogant, but tough noogies.
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2017
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“Noogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noogie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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