plural noggins
1
: a person's head
2
: a small mug or cup
3
: a small quantity (such as a gill) of drink
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
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While Zeke and Angel each have their own noggin, the East Bay Vivarium believes the snakes share one set of internal organs.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 May 2025
Giro, Bell, Smith, POC, and Kask are all reputable brands with a wide range of shapes to fit bulbous and diminutive noggins alike.
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The show also functions very much as a love letter to that devil’s playground called Times Square, where Betty finds characters that look like her but have even bigger noggins.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 May 2025
Giro, Bell, Smith, POC, and Kask are all reputable brands with a wide range of shapes to fit bulbous and diminutive noggins alike.
—Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
The show also functions very much as a love letter to that devil’s playground called Times Square, where Betty finds characters that look like her but have even bigger noggins.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 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 12 Jul. 2025.
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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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