nuggy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of noogie (“head-rubbing prank”).
noun
Alternative form of nuggie (“chicken nugget”).
Example Sentences
- "He jumped up, got me in a headlock and gave me a nuggy."
- "You will have a nuggy that will hurt until third period. […] “In fact, now that I think of it I’m still going to ground you for a month. No make that a year,” he was saying as he grabbed Matt in a half Nelson and started to give him a nuggy."
- "He gave me a nuggy. This was a rub on the head with a knuckle from his finger. I never like the nuggy."
- "His younger brother always liked to rib him a little; Hawke put his younger, though taller, sibling in a gentle choke hold and gave him a nuggy . . . something he had done since childhood . . ."
- "He put his arm around Dave’s neck and gave him a nuggy with his other hand."
- "Belen gives him a nuggy. Belen can perform this action with a gesture (although the playwright or director might need to explain to Belen exactly what a “nuggy” is) (see Photograph 8.10)."