noggin

Các nghĩa

1. cốc nhỏ, chén nhỏ

   A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.

   Here Nat Adams, the burly bar-keeper, dispensed bad whisky at the rate of two shillings a noggin, or a guinea a bottle…

2. đơn vị đo rượu nhỏ (khoảng 1 gill)

   A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.

3. đầu

   The head.

   slang

   Or maybe he bumped his noggin when he fell down—after he got clipped on the legs.

   She bumped her noggin on the bulkhead above the doorway, smiled in apology for her presumed clumsiness.

4. phân tử tín hiệu noggin

   A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.

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• noggins plural

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