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
The front of the mouse arches down and spreads wide, suggesting the noggin of the snake it's named after.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Quincy Magoo could plainly see that Darnell Nurse knocked Nathan MacKinnon straight into Connor Ingram’s noggin.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
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
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Quincy Magoo could plainly see that Darnell Nurse knocked Nathan MacKinnon straight into Connor Ingram’s noggin.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noggin
Noun
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Saugus has won multiple playoff games in each of its first two seasons under head coach Mike Miller.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
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Minter departed at the end of the season to become the Ravens’ head coach and former Chargers safeties coach Chris O’Leary returned this past winter from a one-season stint as the defensive coordinator at Western Michigan to replace Minter.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Noun
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To prevent swelling, surgeons would typically remove a portion of the skull called the bone flap, treat the underlying blood clot, and then restore the bone flap soon after.—
Martha Raddatz,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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Based on an analysis of 85 species of dinosaurs, the study concluded that tiny arms were an evolutionary trade-off caused by another body part becoming ever larger and taking up resources — the skull.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
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“Noggin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noggin. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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