Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a nag, a pest.

1967–8		Baker et al. CUSS 163: Noodge / alt. Nudge / An obnoxious person.
1972		N.Y. Times Book Rev. 7 Dec. 56: He’s not a writer, he’s a nudge. On the phone twice a day asking how’s it going!
1974		Time 15 Apr. 92: Discharged from prison, Lou Jean Poplin—sometime beautician, full-time nudzh—must first spring her husband.
1980		A. Pearl Dict. of Popular Sl. 108: Nudzh – n. a pest; v. to annoy.
1996		J. Lardner Crusader 192: ‘Durk is the world’s greatest nudge,’ [...] an assistant DA [...] said later. ‘He nudged Frank Serpico to death, and he nudged Bob Leuci to death to get him to come forward’.
2010		(con. 1973) C. Stella Johnny Porno 222: Stop being a nudge. I expect that from Nathan, not you.