noggin

[ nog-uh n ]

/ ˈnɒg ən /

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noun

a small cup or mug.

a small amount of alcoholic liquor, usually a gill.

Informal. a person's head.

RELATED WORDS

mug, pate, dome, cup, noddle

Nearby words

nogai, nogaku, nogales, nogay, nogg, noggin, nogging, noginsk, noguchi, noguchi, hideyo, noguchi, isamu

Origin of noggin

First recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain

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Examples from the Web for noggin

Virtual 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

noggin

/ (ˈnɒɡɪn) /

noun

a small quantity of spirits, usually 1 gill

a small mug or cup

an informal word for head (def. 1)

Word Origin for noggin

C17: of obscure origin

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