Thesaurus results for NOGGIN

noggin

noun

ˈnä-gən

as in head

the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth watch the lintel above the door, unless you want to bang your noggin

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Recent Examples of noggin On the home stretch, bag five is the head construction, and the most technical part of the build, similar to Mario’s noggin in the brilliant Super Mario and Standard Kart (72037) set from 2025. —

Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 And the flatworm with its new noggin immediately solving the maze its old one worked so diligently to master? —

Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Pre-orders for the T-MB are now open, but Also is already looking to protect your noggin with a light-packing smart helmet. —

New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2025 The term derived from noggin, a Scottish and Gaelic word meaning cup, and grog, an English word meaning hard liquor, typically rum. —

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Rockets head coach Ime Udoka should have his team defending with much more urgency, and Houston’s top frontcourt weapon is also likely to bounce back.

— Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
But first things first, as Jerry and Michael Reinsdorf are busy sifting through candidates for the next head of basketball operations, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who listed several league executives and one super-agent the Reinsdorfs plan to interview.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026