noggins
Brains, informally speaking
Noggins is the plural of noggin, an informal word for the head: Use your noggins, people.
A noggin is also a small cup or a small measure of liquor, typically a quarter pint.
The head sense likely comes from the cup—both are containers of roughly similar size and shape.
Head's bone casing
- craniumSkull bone structure
- scalpSkin covering skull
- foreheadFace above eyebrows
- pateUpper part of skull
crown · dome · bean · noodle · bonce · melon · nut · coconut
Intellectual capacity
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- witClever, inventive humor
- smartsColloquial intelligence
- savvyPractical shrewdness
reasoning · cognition · understanding · sense · acumen · insight · cleverness · mental
Mythical earth-dwelling dwarfs
- goblinsMalicious mythical creatures
- elvesMythical small beings
- trollsDeliberate online agitators
- pixiesTiny folklore troublemakers
brownies · sprites · fairies · leprechauns · dwarves · imps · changelings · garden gnomes
skull
Head's bone casing
pate · crown · dome · bean · noodle · bonce · melon · nut · coconut · gourd
brainpower
Intellectual capacity
savvy · reasoning · cognition · understanding · sense · acumen · insight · cleverness · mental · brainy
gnomes
Mythical earth-dwelling dwarfs
pixies · brownies · sprites · fairies · leprechauns · dwarves · imps · changelings · garden gnomes · mythical
- structural supportsbeams, posts, columns, scaffold, girders
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- use one's nogginThink things through