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How to pronounce noggin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms attic, bean, bonce, dome, noodle
Type of human head

Examples of noggin

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Dangling cords and jumbled wires pose both electrical and noggin-knocking risks.
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Last year he sported a bristly initial P growing atop his otherwise bald noggin.
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I have an unusually enormous noggin so it always blocks most of what's behind me.
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He runs his fingers through the rooster mop that famously sits atop his noggin.
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A protein called noggin is responsible for the delay in an infant's skull fusion.
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No candidate ever wants to pack it in, especially one with an oversized noggin.
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Noggin, cartilage morphogenesis, and joint formation in the mammalian skeleton.
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Finally, you got through your thick noggin that the guy just wasn't that into you.
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The song is almost impossible to shake out of your noggin after a few listens.
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More examples
  • Attic: informal terms for a human head
  • Noggin, also known as NOG, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NOG gene.
  • Nick Jr. is the name of an American cable television channel owned by the MTV Networks subsidiary of Viacom. The channel was known as Noggin from its February 2, 1999 launch until September 28, 2009 at 6:00 a.m. (Eastern)/5:00 a.m. (Central Time).
  • Noggin UK was a block of children's television programmes currently broadcast on MTV's free-to-air music channel, Viva (formerly TMF), from 6am to 8am daily. It first launched in January 2006. ...
  • (Noggins) Horizontal timbers placed between the studs of a partition.
  • (NOGGINS) (PLASTERBOARD) A horizontal member fitted between 2 studs, Joists or Trusses generally to supply a fixing for plasterboard.
  • (NOGGINS) Short pieces of timber, fitting between joists for rigidity.
  • (Noggins) Vertical wood blocks used to bolt the ledger beam to the trackwork.
  • (Noggins) are small spacers used to keep the joists at a set distance. As larger decks can wobble, the noggins also make the deck more rigid.