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[ nog-uhn ] / ˈnɒg ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR noggin ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna small cup or mug. a small amount of alcoholic liquor, usually a gill. Informal. a person's head. Origin of nogginFirst recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain Words nearby nogginNogai, Nogaku, Nogales, Nogay, nogg, noggin, nogging, Noginsk, no-go, no-go area, no-good Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nogginVirtual electronic brain is to be trusted; brain inside our noggin, and instincts therein, is to be suspected. Google Glass’s Insane, Terrifying Etiquette Guide|Tim Teeman|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Watch video of others who took a cream pie to the noggin after Soupy set the standard. The 6 Best Pie-in-the-Face Pranks|The Daily Beast Video|October 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST Noggin said no more; and now everybody was busily engaged in preparing to start. Dick Onslow|W.H.G. Kingston Work one pound to a cream with a noggin of brandy; then add to it by degrees your sugar, continuing to beat it very light. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;|Charlotte Campbell Bury
And in the bottom o' the carriage they be to put a noggin o' rum in a small bottle, and chalk it up to my account. Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy When you get a notion in that noggin, it doesn't come out easily. The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin The Noggin, without the adjective, occurs at a few places in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The History of Signboards|Jacob Larwood
British Dictionary definitions for noggin
nouna small quantity of spirits, usually 1 gill a small mug or cup an informal word for head (def. 1) Word Origin for nogginC17: of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nogginmug, pate, dome, cup, noddle |