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noggin
Noggin (noun) means a small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
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1
A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
2
A small amount of alcoholic spirits, about a quarter of a pint.
3
(biology) A protein that helps control how an embryo develops, causing larger heads when present in high amounts.
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Etymology
Of uncertain origin. It first appears around 1588, and turns up in 1600s publications (for instance in The Tincker of Turvey) in several forms: the still-current Irish English naggin, the rarer older Irish, Scottish and Northern English noggan, used by Jonathan Swift, and the Wexford form nuggeen. Tomás S. Ó Máille and some older dictionaries such as Skeat's trace it to Irish naigín, cnaigín, from cnagaire, cnag, but the Oxford English Dictionary argues instead that Irish naigín and Scottish Gaelic noigean derive from English. Compare nog.
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What is the meaning of noggin?
"noggin" (noun) means a small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds.
What is another word for noggin?
Other words for "noggin" include bean, bonce, noodle, attic, dome.
What are the different meanings of noggin?
"noggin" has 3 main meanings: 1. A small cup, mug, or ladle, or the amount it holds; 2. A small amount of alcoholic spirits, about a quarter of a pint; 3. (biology) A protein that helps control how an embryo develops, causing larger heads when present in high amounts.
