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    nudnik
    /ˈnʊdnɪk/

    noun

    • 1. a pestering, nagging, or irritating person; a bore. informal, derogatory North American

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNUDNIK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    NUDNIK definition: 1. an annoying or boring person, especially someone who is always criticizing or complaining: 2…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › nudnikNudnik Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : a person who is a bore or nuisance. Did you know? The suffix -nik, meaning “one connected with or characterized by being,” came to English through Yiddish (and ultimately from Polish and Ukrainian). You might know it from such words as beatnik, peacenik, neatnik, or even no-goodnik.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › nudnikNudnik - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Jul 10, 2024 · (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › nudnikNudnik - definition of nudnik by The Free Dictionary

    Define nudnik. nudnik synonyms, nudnik pronunciation, nudnik translation, English dictionary definition of nudnik. also nud·nick n. Slang An obtuse, boring, or bothersome person; a pest. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › nudniknudnik - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · nudnik (plural nudniks) (US, colloquial, sometimes attributive) A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk. [from 20th c.] 1992, Richard Preston quoting Samuel Eilenberg, The New Yorker, 2 March, "The Mountains of Pi": He interrupts people, and he is not interested in anything except what concerns him and his brother. He is a nudnick!

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNUDNIK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    an annoying or boring person. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: from Yiddish nudyen to bore + -nik. nudnik in American English. (ˈnʊdnɪk ) US. noun. Slang. a dull, tiresome, annoying person. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › nudnikNUDNIK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Nudnik definition: a persistently dull, boring pest.. See examples of NUDNIK used in a sentence.