noggin

[ nog-uhn ]

noun

1. a small cup or mug.
2. a small amount of alcoholic liquor, usually a gill.
3. Informal. a person's head.

noggin

/ ˈnɒɡɪn /

noun

1. a small quantity of spirits, usually 1 gill
2. a small mug or cup
3. an informal word for head

Word History and Origins

Origin of noggin¹

First recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of noggin¹

C17: of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Virtual electronic brain is to be trusted; brain inside our noggin, and instincts therein, is to be suspected.

From The Daily Beast

Watch video of others who took a cream pie to the noggin after Soupy set the standard.

From The Daily Beast

Noggin; a small vessel, now understood to hold two glasses; also called naggin.

From Project Gutenberg

And Flint could have 207 had his noggin without anybody disturbing him, even if the contract read otherwise.

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"There's always a bit of griddle bread or potato cake, and a noggin of milk for a friend," said he.

From Project Gutenberg

Maybe he listened, absorbing the meaning and sound of words, trying them out in the silence of his otherwise vacant little noggin.

From Project Gutenberg

Perched on one of the lower branches of a wayside oak, Will Noggin was pointing a shaking finger in the direction he named.

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