noogie

noogie
/noog"ee/, n. Slang.
a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank.
Also, nuggie, nugie.
[1975-80; appar. expressive alter. of KNUCKLE; see -Y2]

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