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Definition of "nudnik" [nud•nik]

  • Slang An obtuse, boring, or bothersome person; a pest. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nudnik" in a sentence
  • "Yiddish easily coins new names for new personalities: a nudnik is a ` pest '; a phudnik is a ` nudnik with a Ph. D.'"
  • "Economics in Reducing costs = recession: "Show Green me the money" Your Text here Your Text here Security Its all about PR: considerations Almost anything are conceived as can be sold a burden under any given ( "nudnik") Green tag Security Shahar Maor's work Copyright 2009 @STKI Do not remove source or attribution from any graphic or portion of graphic 11"
  • "Greg, with respect, you're becoming what in the vernacular is politely termed a "nudnik"; ~) - Trumpeldor has apologised for any offence given, and if, as I suspect, he's an Israeli, then the word you dislike would come naturally to him, with no derogatory intent, as Reb S. has suggested."