nudzh

nudzh
noun
see nudge III

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/nooj/, v.t., v.i., n.
nudge2.

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nudge1 «nuhj», verb, nudged, nudg|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to push slightly; jog with the elbow to attract attention: »

His next neighbors nudged him (Dickens).

2. Figurative. to prod; stimulate: »

to nudge one's memory.

–v.i.
to give a nudge or slight push.
–n.
a slight push or jog, as with the elbow.
╂[origin uncertain. Compare dialectal Norwegian nyggja to jostle.]
–nudg´er, noun.
nudge2 or nudzh «nuj», noun.
U.S. Slang. = nudnik: (Cf. ↑nudnik) »

“He's not a writer, he's a nudge. On the phone twice a day asking how's it going!” (William Cole).

╂[< Yiddish nudyen to bore, pester < Russian nudnyi tedious]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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