NOGGIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noggin mean? 

• NOGGIN (noun)
  The noun NOGGIN has 1 sense:

1. informal terms for a human head

  Familiarity information: NOGGIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOGGIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for a human head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

attic; bean; bonce; dome; noggin; noodle

Hypernyms ("noggin" is a kind of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

 Context examples 

I'll give you a golden guinea for a noggin, Jim.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

BMP signaling can also be blocked by the BMP antagonists noggin and chordin, which are secreted from the notochord and cooperate with Wnts to prevent cardiogenesis.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

And now you see, mate, I'm pretty low, and deserted by all; and Jim, you'll bring me one noggin of rum, now, won't you, matey?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Inhibitory signals that block heart formation in anterior paraxial mesoderm include Wnt family members expressed in dorsal neural tube and anti-BMPs expressed in the axial tissues (i.e., noggin in the notochord).

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)