plural noggins
1
: a person's head
2
: a small mug or cup
3
: a small quantity (such as a gill) of drink
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Examples of noggin in a Sentence
He fell and got a bump on his noggin.
watch the lintel above the door, unless you want to bang your noggin
Recent Examples on the Web
In his Bar on A, 2010–11, a human form with a soft-serve ice cream cone for a head tugs at the leash of a dog whose noggin has been similarly replaced.
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News Desk, Artforum, 28 June 2024
For a hike: Some comfortable shorts, a breezy tank and a cap to protect your noggin from the sun.
—Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
But that argument is part of the fun; to let your noggin push back against the way it’s being depicted can supply its own goofily cerebral pleasure.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Not since The Terror, or maybe Underworld: Blood Wars, has Menzies’s noggin been costumed so well.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
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News Desk, Artforum, 28 June 2024
For a hike: Some comfortable shorts, a breezy tank and a cap to protect your noggin from the sun.
—Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
But that argument is part of the fun; to let your noggin push back against the way it’s being depicted can supply its own goofily cerebral pleasure.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Not since The Terror, or maybe Underworld: Blood Wars, has Menzies’s noggin been costumed so well.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for noggin
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“Noggin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noggin. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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noggin
noun
nog·gin
ˈnäg-ən 
1
: a small mug
2
: a small quantity (as a gill) of drink
3
: a person's head
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