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noggins

noun

plural of noggin

as in heads

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 noggins Both Elysium and Upgrade contain their fair share of split noggins, but no film does it quite as jovially or consistently as Dredd. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

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Looking through small microscopes implanted in the mice’s heads, Patel’s team zoomed in on a particular subset of brain cells, called somatostatin neurons, as the animals reacted to the fox urine scent.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Zavodovski is home to both chinstraps and macaroni penguins, which have distinctive yellow feather plumes on their heads.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

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Spears and a club The team found a pointed stick and two spears lying close to the antlered skulls of red deer.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Colorfully decorated as bones, pumpkins, cauldrons, skulls, and owls, these treats are like specialty canine cookies.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2026

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