nug
/nʌɡ/Scottish (Shetland )
verb
1 [with object] To nudge or prod.
2 [no object] To make a jerking movement, to tug, especially of a fish tugging at bait.
Origin
Mid 19th century. Partly from the unattested Norn reflex of the Scandinavian word represented by Icelandic nugga to rub, Norwegian nugge to push, nudge, rub, scrape, and partly from the unattested Norn reflex of the Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic hnyggja to push or drive back, Norwegian (Nynorsk) nyggja to rub, bump, push (originally a variant of the Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic hnøggva to push or drive back, Norwegian (Nynorsk) nøgga to startle, cognate with Old High German hniuwan to knock over, break in pieces (Middle High German niuwen, nūwen), ultimately from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek κνύειν to scratch).
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- stick insect
- stick-in-the-mud
- stick it to
- stickleback
- stickler
- sticklike
- stick-nest rat
- stick one (or it) on
- stick one's neck out
- stick (or poke) one's bib in
- stick out
- stick out a mile
- stick out for
- stick out like a sore thumb
- stickpin
- sticks and stones may break my bones but names (or words) will never hurt me
- stickseed
- stick shift
- stick someone/thing up