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 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.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But Anunoby remembering a steal or a knee to the noggin is not unusual, even if the play in question was more than 40 games ago.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Today, brain rot reflects a worry that consuming the internet's endless waves of memes and video clips, especially on social media, might numb one's noggin.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But Anunoby remembering a steal or a knee to the noggin is not unusual, even if the play in question was more than 40 games ago.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Today, brain rot reflects a worry that consuming the internet's endless waves of memes and video clips, especially on social media, might numb one's noggin.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 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
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Researchers at the Chega Sofla cemetery, which dates back to the fifth millennium B.C., found the remains of a young woman, whose skull had cranial bandaging, which changes the morphology of the skull.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The man was shot in the head, and sustained a fractured skull and brain bleed.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
12 June 2025
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“Noggin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noggin. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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