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
No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
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Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
It’s also been noted that by his own admission, Kennedy suffered brain loss when a parasitic worm got into his noggin in 2010.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Nov. 2024
Quince Mongolian Cashmere Ribbed Beanie $98 $30 Quince This supersoft cashmere beanie should help keep their noggin warm into next year.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The best practices can be in your noggin and undertaken by hand, or in this case the meta-prompt will get the AI to do so on your behalf.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
It’s also been noted that by his own admission, Kennedy suffered brain loss when a parasitic worm got into his noggin in 2010.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Nov. 2024
Quince Mongolian Cashmere Ribbed Beanie $98 $30 Quince This supersoft cashmere beanie should help keep their noggin warm into next year.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The best practices can be in your noggin and undertaken by hand, or in this case the meta-prompt will get the AI to do so on your behalf.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noggin
Noun
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.—
Mike Hutton,
Post-Tribune,
19 July 2017
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.—
David Hernandez,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
Noun
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Revel fractured his skull and broke his nose which ended his sophomore football season.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2025
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There was Paige Fannon, 35, of West Islip, New York, who was found on March 6 in the Norwalk River — that same day, a human skull was spotted in a wooded area in Plymouth, Massachusetts.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Noggin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noggin. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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