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noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈnʊki/
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  • rhymes with -ʊki

1

noun

Meaning 1

Sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

Examples

  • I came home early and caught them on the couch having a bit of nookie.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An attractive woman, when considered as a sex object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A pacifier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: binky, bink, bo-bo, comforter, dodie, dummy, nookie, paci, piece, pippy, soother

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

slang for sexual intercourse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge

History

Etymology

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

Possibly from or related to German Nuckel (“pacifier; teat”), nuckeln (“to suck”), both attested from the 17th century, in which case the German brand name NUK, though officially an acronym, could be named after the generic word.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: muhinointi — sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: seksi — sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: rakastelu — sexual intercourse
  • French: baise — sexual intercourse
  • German: Schäferstündchen — sexual intercourse
  • German: Fick — sexual intercourse
  • German: Geschlechtsverkehr — sexual intercourse
  • Hindi: चुदाई (cudāī) — sexual intercourse
  • Serbo-Croatian: ševa — sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: polvo — sexual intercourse
  • Swedish: sex — sexual intercourse