nookie
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnʊki/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊki
Etymology 1
Possibly from Dutch neuken (“to fuck”).[1] Compare cognate and synonymous German Low German nöken, nucken.
Noun
nookie (uncountable)
- (slang) Sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
- I came home early and caught them on the couch having a bit of nookie.
- 1964, Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, New York: Grove Press, page 281:
- 1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 43:
- I told you you’d get more nookie than you can shake a stick at if you tell the girls that your wife died. It’s the sympathy vote.
- 1996, Elizabeth Kuster, Exorcising Your Ex: How to Get Rid of the Demons of Relationships Past, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- Some men only put up with them because their male ego has convinced them that sooner or later, you'll give in to your natural attraction to them and they'll get some nookie.
- 2015, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, “The Lyon's Roar”, in Empire, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Cookie Lyon:
- If you want Cookie's nookie, then ditch the bitch.
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Etymology 2
Possibly from or related to German Nuckel (“pacifier; teat”), nuckeln (“to suck”), both attested from the 17th century, in which case the brand name NUK would be named after the generic word.
Noun
nookie (plural nookies)
- (US) A pacifier.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier
See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nookie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “nookie”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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