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
Tuck them away in your noggin — or save them for a rainy day.
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
During a 58-7 loss, Stan reached inside one of those old two-bar facemasks of a Cornhuskers player and broke that Bugeater’s noggin.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
In 1991, a puncture to the noggin caused his head to droop, a pretty depressing sight to behold.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The rules and norms around Mormon romantic relationships never cease to bust my noggin.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
During a 58-7 loss, Stan reached inside one of those old two-bar facemasks of a Cornhuskers player and broke that Bugeater’s noggin.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
In 1991, a puncture to the noggin caused his head to droop, a pretty depressing sight to behold.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The rules and norms around Mormon romantic relationships never cease to bust my noggin.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noggin
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Chinese companies have excelled at rapid deployment in consumer-facing applications and integrating AI into industrial use, said Deepika Giri, head of AI research at market research firm IDC.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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At one point, the individual appears to tilt their head away from a doorbell camera, hold a flashlight in their mouth and attempt to cover the lens with a gloved hand and what looked like part of a plant pulled from the yard.—
Bradford Betz , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Our approach to understanding the meat computers encased in our skulls has historically varied by discipline.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Mexican immigrant Alberto Castañeda Mondragón suffered eight skull fractures and brain hemorrhages after being beaten by ICE agents during arrest in Minnesota.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Noggin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noggin. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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