nog
1 Americannoun
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any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
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a strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England.
noun
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a block of wood, as one inserted into brickwork to provide a hold for nails.
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any wooden peg, pin, or block.
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Also one of a number of wooden pieces fitted between the principal timbers of a half-timbered wall.
verb (used with object)
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Also called: flip. a drink, esp an alcoholic one, containing beaten egg
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dialect strong local beer
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a wooden peg or block built into a masonry or brick wall to provide a fixing for nails
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short for nogging
Etymology
Origin of nog1
First recorded in 1685–95; origin uncertain
Origin of nog2
1605–15; perhaps variant of knag, Middle English knagge spur, peg
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From there, he went on to host the lurid reality show “Fear Factor,” holding court while contestants were swarmed by rats or sipped expired egg nog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
The 34th president of the United States had a recipe for egg nog.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Aging and Flavor: Many taste this egg nog the very day it is made and continue to sample it often during the 21-30 day initial aging period.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
Somehow we have survived almost to the end of another year, but before you mix the nog and hoist the mistletoe, there is still some business to discuss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
A draught of egg nog was better, although it wasn't as persuasive as some he had had: Bundy Provost's, for example.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
They have nogged and nogged in the night times.
From The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp by Katherine Stokes
"That is a bald head!" he said upon seeing himself, giving his nogging a scratch.
From Fox News ● Aug. 27, 2021
And this filling could take a variety of forms: plaster; "wattle-and-daub"; brick "nogging," with the bricks laid horizontally, in herring-bone, or helter-skelter; or mud and straw.
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman
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