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Where does “noogie” come from?

noogie (English) comes from Yiddish נודזשען — to badger.

noogie (English): An act of putting a person in a headlock and...

Definitions

  1. An act of putting a person in a headlock and...

Ancestry of “noogie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנודזשעןto badger
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