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Noun: noggin  nó-gun
  1. A small measure of liquid
    "a noggin of vodka"
     
  2. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
    - head, caput [technical], bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], skull [informal], nut [informal]

Derived forms: noggins

Type of: external body part, human head

Part of: animal, animate being, beast, body, brute, creature, fauna, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Noggin