A Slavic and Ashkenazic Jewish surname meaning "new" (e.g., "Novy"), "Nov-ak" could also be a play on "Nov akh" or "frutiful brother" (Hebrew).
Bearers of the "Novak" surname include actress Kim Novak (who took "Novak" as her stagename), columnist and cancer victim Robert Novak, the psychotic astronaut and honorably-discharged Navy servicewoman Lisa Nowak, and Marysia "Maria" Novakova Rusnakova (1855-c. 1907) -- who was married to Jakub Rusnak (a member of the late Kosice, Slovakia Jewish Rusnaks) and was the paternal grandmother of Sgt. and Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander Carl Stephen Rusnak (January 2, 1922 - November 7, 1999; US Army, WW2, European Theater, honorably discharged after the war). By the way, Maria's relative Leopold Novak was an early victim of the Holocaust in then-Czechoslovakian Zlata Idka: he was murdered in a then-Aranydka mine in 1936.
by Nickidewbear August 19, 2011
One who exhibits qualities of being a Jew, such as having difficulties parting with their money.
Also, tends to be a push-over and doesn't stand up for self.
Also, tends to be a push-over and doesn't stand up for self.
by csterbin January 11, 2009
To run down a pedestrian, esp while driving a Corvette. Bonus points if the pedestrian was old and homeless.
by ronbailey July 26, 2008
by GreenMonter March 25, 2005
by holylimao September 20, 2004
A unit of measure for either width or weight. The width of one "Novak" is approximately 2 feet wide. The weight of a "Novak" is about 300 pounds.
Width: That couch is 3 Novaks wide.
Weight: It felt like i was carrying a Novak on my back on my way to class.
Weight: It felt like i was carrying a Novak on my back on my way to class.
by the_inhaler September 11, 2009
by sexychihuahua December 9, 2015