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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small mug or cup.
  2. n. A unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint.
  3. n. Slang The human head.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A vessel of wood; also, a mug or similar vessel of any material.
  2. n. The contents of such a vessel; a small amount of liquor, as much as might suffice for one person.
  3. n. One end of a keg that has been sawn into halves, used for various purposes on shipboard.
  4. n. The head; the noddle.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small mug, cup or ladle.
  2. n. dated A measure equivalent to a gill. Also possibly linked to the phrase “naggin of vodka” (a small bottle of vodka).
  3. n. slang The head.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A small mug or cup.
  2. n. Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. A measure equivalent to a gill. a small quantity of a beverage.
  3. n. slang The head (of a person).

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. informal terms for a human head

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown. (Irish naigín, Scottish Gaelic noigean are both from English.) Compare nog. (Wiktionary)
  2. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Overall, though, the predominant notion in the human noggin is one of superiority.”

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  • “But this having been said, what drug-addled monkey-noggin is doing the PR work for Blood Assurance?”

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  • “What goes on inside Pujols 'noggin is a wonder to all.”

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  • “And don’t get us started on good old Uncle James – the man’s noggin is tremendous (love you, James!).”

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  • “An article1 by Nanna Rognvaldardottir, an Icelandic food expert, states that the drink adopted the nog part of its name from the word noggin, a Middle English phrase used to describe a small, wooden, carved mug used to serve alcohol.”

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  • “Naggin" is probably a variant of "noggin" -- dialectical, the author's misspelling, or a typo. but I don't know how much wine a noggin-full is.”

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  • “Well, Nanna Rognvaldardottir of Iceland, in her article on the history of eggnog, states that the drink adopted the nog part of its name from the word noggin, a Middle English phrase used to describe a small, wooden, carved mug in which to serve alcohol.”

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  • “The first one, where you aren't supposed to call, write, or even breathe in the direction of Snark Central lest we hurl invectives upon your noggin is the query/submission/are we right for each other process.”

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  • “I realized that it kept my noggin, which is sparsely covered with hair, and my neck much warmer.”

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  • “However, early recipes were often made with ale, which was often served in a "noggin" (a small cup) and likely was the source of the "nog" or "nogg" portion of the name (the "egg" part is self-evident).”

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