Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to bother, to irritate.

1971		B. Malamud Tenants (1972) 35: Usually he comes up to nudgy me while I’m writing.
1980		A. Pearl Dict. of Popular Sl. 108: Nudzh – n. a pest; v. to annoy.
1996		J. Lardner Crusader 192: ‘Durk [...] nudged Frank Serpico to death, and he nudged Bob Leuci to death to get him to come forward’.