nudgy

English

Etymology

nudge +‎ -y

Adjective

nudgy (comparative more nudgy, superlative most nudgy)

1. of, or related to a nudge
2. nervous; edgy
   • 1951, Winston Brebner, The second circle‎^[1]:

     "Don't get nudgy." "Who's nudgy?" Koski did not answer.

   • 1980 April 19, Cindy Rizzo, Maxine Feldman, “Give Me That Ol' Lesbianism!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     I know that I would never say anything that would make any one of my sisters uncomfortable — a bit nudgy perhaps. We might not always agree on something, but in terms of what my comedy is, it's something that will make my sisters feel good.

Anagrams

• Gundy, dungy, gundy