nookie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊki/

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• Rhymes: -ʊki

Etymology 1

Possibly from Dutch neuken (“to fuck”). Compare cognate and synonymous German Low German nöken, nucken.

Noun

nookie (uncountable)

1. (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:

     Yeah. Maybe we/ll make the rounds of the bars. I could use a little nookie. Thats what I need, a good piece of ass.

   • 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.

   • 2012, Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart, Penguin, →ISBN, page 190:

     “All the guys I'd want to date live in Coeur d'Alene.” She slipped into the sweater, looking far better in it than Holly had. “I don't have time to drive hours for my 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.

Alternative forms

• nooky

Derived terms

Translations

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)

1. (US) A pacifier.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier

See also

• noogie

References

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “nookie”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang