| NUDNIK | • nudnik n. (US, colloquial, sometimes attributive) A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk. • NUDNIK n. (Yiddish) a dense, boring, or bothersome person, also NUDNICK. |
| BEATNIK | • beatnik n. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional… • beatnik n. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style. • BEATNIK n. a member of the beat generation. |
| CHETNIK | • chetnik n. (Now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band. • chetnik n. An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement. • Chetnik n. Alternative letter-case form of chetnik. |
| DVORNIK | • dvornik n. (Archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household. • DVORNIK n. (Russian) a Russian concierge or porter. |
| NEATNIK | • neatnik n. A stickler for neatness or cleanliness. • NEATNIK n. a compulsively neat person. |
| SPUTNIK | • sputnik n. (Historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957. • sputnik n. (Dated) Any artificial satellite. • Sputnik n. Alternative letter-case form of sputnik. |
| NOISENIK | • noisenik n. (Informal) A musician who produces harsh, discordant music. • NOISENIK n. a rock musician who performs loud harsh music. |
| PEACENIK | • peacenik n. (Sometimes derogatory) Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict… • peace-nik n. Alternative form of peacenik. • PEACENIK n. one who demonstrates against a war. |
| REFUSNIK | • refusnik n. Alternative spelling of refusenik. • REFUSNIK n. (Russian) a Soviet Jew wishing to emigrate, also REFUSENIK. |
| RETURNIK | • RETURNIK n. someone going home after their country's political change. |
| CHINOVNIK | • chinovnik n. A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government. • CHINOVNIK n. (Russian) a high official in the Russian civil service. |
| NOGOODNIK | • nogoodnik n. A ne’er-do-well; an individual who is no good. • no-goodnik n. Alternative spelling of nogoodnik. • NOGOODNIK n. a worthless character. |
| REFUSENIK | • refusenik n. (Soviet Union, slang, historical) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union, typically but not… • refusenik n. (Colloquial) A person who refuses to do something, for example one who refuses conscription or vaccination. • refusenik n. (Colloquial) A person who wants to do something but is refused permission to. |
| KIBBUTZNIK | • kibbutznik n. A member of a kibbutz. • KIBBUTZNIK n. (Hebrew) a person who lives or works on a kibbutz. |
| KOLKHOZNIK | • kolkhoznik n. (Soviet Union) One who works on a kolkhoz. • KOLKHOZNIK n. one who works on a kolkhoz. |
| COMPUTERNIK | • computernik n. (Informal, dated) A computer enthusiast. • COMPUTERNIK n. a computer enthusiast. |