🤪 A playful head rub 🤪 To rub playfully

to noogie

1 9.9

To rub someone's head with the knuckles to tease them playfully

verb
/ˈnʊɡi/

Informal

: dar un noogie

He playfully gave his little brother a noogie during their game.

So I didn't really know how to hit him, but I'm noogieing the hell out of this kids head, this noogies.

Examples

After winning the game, he celebrated by giving his friend a friendly noogie.
She laughed as she gave him a quick noogie to tease him.
So I didn't really know how to hit him, but I'm noogieing the hell out of this kids head, this noogies.

Ed Mylett

Synonyms

to nuzzle

vsto noogie

12 3.4

To gently press the nose or face against someone to show affection

is playful teasing with knuckles rather than affectionate nose rubbing

to boop

vsto noogie

Texting

1 8.1

To touch a nose or cheek lightly as a playful act

involves rubbing with knuckles and teasing rather than a light tap

to boop someone on the forehead

vsto noogie

Informal

8.4

To tap someone's forehead lightly to be playful or show love

uses rubbing with knuckles rather than a light fingertip tap

How Rough

to hit

∞ 1.0

to noogie

Informal

1 9.9

to rub

455 1.0

tap

57 1.0

to pat

105 1.0

Surface Forms

noogie infinitive

noogied past

noogied past participle

noogieing present participle

noogies third person singular

Etymology

The verb noogie has the same idea: it means to rub someone's noggin 'head' with your knuckles as a playful tease, so to noogie someone is to give them that little joking head rub.