nudnick (noun)

  • 1nudnick — noun see nudnik …

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  • 2nudnick — noun (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest • Syn: ↑nudnik • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑bore, ↑dullard, ↑pest, ↑ …

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  • 3nudnik — also nudnick noun Etymology: Yiddish nudnik, from nudyen to bore, from Polish nudzić, from nuda boredom Date: 1947 a person who is a bore or nuisance …

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  • 4nudnik — [ nʊdnɪk] (also nudnick) noun N. Amer. informal a pestering or irritating person. Origin 1920s: Yiddish, from Russ. nudnyĭ tedious …

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  • 5nudnik — noun (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest • Syn: ↑nudnick • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑bore, ↑dullard, ↑pest, ↑ …

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  • 6pesterer — noun a persistently annoying person • Syn: ↑pest, ↑blighter, ↑cuss, ↑gadfly • Derivationally related forms: ↑pester • Hypernyms: ↑tormentor, ↑to …

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  • 7noodge — I. ˈnu̇j transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Yiddish nudyen to bore, from Polish nudzić; akin to Polish nuda boredom, OSlave nouditi to press hard, constrain, nužda need more at nudnick : pester : nag …

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  • 8nud|nick — nud|nik or nud|nick «NUD nihk», noun. Slang. a tiresome, annoying person; bore; pest; crank: »I have another nudnick here who wants a round table like King Arthur s (S. J. Perelman). ╂[< Yiddish nudnik < Russian nudnyi tedious + nik, a… …

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  • 9nud|nik — or nud|nick «NUD nihk», noun. Slang. a tiresome, annoying person; bore; pest; crank: »I have another nudnick here who wants a round table like King Arthur s (S. J. Perelman). ╂[< Yiddish nudnik < Russian nudnyi tedious + nik, a personal… …

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