What does "nog" mean?
A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
Nog
/nɒɡ/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
- Grammar: nog is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: block, peg, wood block, wooden block.
- Useful contrasts: empty space, gap, void.
- Usage evidence: These days, I am wearing my red touque with orange letters in Tagalog, "MGA AWSTRALYA ANG MGA ESTRELYA," alluding to space colonization and the cold and hot deserts of other worlds. These days, I talk with Greg, my religious Filipino friend, at Starbucks café. We talk about travelling, anthropology, international food, and religion. This morning, I played in the midst of dense fog in a neighbourhood grassy field. At Starbucks café, in the foggy morning, I was drinking my reddish Passion Tango iced tea, which contained hibiscus, lemongrass, cinnamon, passion fruit, pineapple, and so forth. Greg gifted me a chocolate croissant. At Starbucks café, in the grey-sky afternoon, I was drinking the seasonal Oat Nog Latte. (Incidentally, Nog is a dwarf-like Ferengi alien character in the Star Trek franchise.) Kristina, part-Inuit part-Norwegian, was my barista. She has a handsome face, and her mannerisms and style reflect some things about her Inuit ancestors. "Viktor, it's like you're part-Inuit," she told me. She knows that I am from the Philippines. At my table, I exercised with my hand grip strengthener, which I carried in my army jacket pocket. At the café, I greeted Don the alluring white man and Květa the solitary Czech lady, as I exited. It is the 4th of December of 2024.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
"Within a wall,[…], we find vertical studs, nogs or blocking, top and bottom plates, perhaps some form of diagonal braces, and many nailed and screwed connections."
- 2 Short for noggin. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Abbreviation of eggnog. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 4 A dark-skinned person; nig-nog. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
- 5 a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it wordnet
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- 6 One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. archaic
"nogs and chocks are used to support the roof where waste material can not conveniently be obtained"
- 7 A kind of strong ale. Norfolk, countable, especially, obsolete, uncountable
"Walpole laid a quart of nog on't He'd either make a hog or dog on't."
- 8 A Vietnamese person. Australia, dated, ethnic, slur
- 9 a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface wordnet
- 10 A treenail to fasten the shores.
Verb
- 1 to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. transitive
- 2 to fasten, as shores, with treenails. transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"These days, I am wearing my red touque with orange letters in Tagalog, "MGA AWSTRALYA ANG MGA ESTRELYA," alluding to space colonization and the cold and hot deserts of other worlds. These days, I talk with Greg, my religious Filipino friend, at Starbucks café. We talk about travelling, anthropology, international food, and religion. This morning, I played in the midst of dense fog in a neighbourhood grassy field. At Starbucks café, in the foggy morning, I was drinking my reddish Passion Tango iced tea, which contained hibiscus, lemongrass, cinnamon, passion fruit, pineapple, and so forth. Greg gifted me a chocolate croissant. At Starbucks café, in the grey-sky afternoon, I was drinking the seasonal Oat Nog Latte. (Incidentally, Nog is a dwarf-like Ferengi alien character in the Star Trek franchise.) Kristina, part-Inuit part-Norwegian, was my barista. She has a handsome face, and her mannerisms and style reflect some things about her Inuit ancestors. "Viktor, it's like you're part-Inuit," she told me. She knows that I am from the Philippines. At my table, I exercised with my hand grip strengthener, which I carried in my army jacket pocket. At the café, I greeted Don the alluring white man and Květa the solitary Czech lady, as I exited. It is the 4th of December of 2024."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "nog"?
Common synonyms include: block, peg, wood block, wooden block.
How do you use "nog" in a sentence?
These days, I am wearing my red touque with orange letters in Tagalog, "MGA AWSTRALYA ANG MGA ESTRELYA," alluding to space colonization and the cold and hot deserts of other worlds. These days, I talk with Greg, my religious Filipino friend, at Starbucks café. We talk about travelling, anthropology, international food, and religion. This morning, I played in the midst of dense fog in a neighbourhood grassy field. At Starbucks café, in the foggy morning, I was drinking my reddish Passion Tango iced tea, which contained hibiscus, lemongrass, cinnamon, passion fruit, pineapple, and so forth. Greg gifted me a chocolate croissant. At Starbucks café, in the grey-sky afternoon, I was drinking the seasonal Oat Nog Latte. (Incidentally, Nog is a dwarf-like Ferengi alien character in the Star Trek franchise.) Kristina, part-Inuit part-Norwegian, was my barista. She has a handsome face, and her mannerisms and style reflect some things about her Inuit ancestors. "Viktor, it's like you're part-Inuit," she told me. She knows that I am from the Philippines. At my table, I exercised with my hand grip strengthener, which I carried in my army jacket pocket. At the café, I greeted Don the alluring white man and Květa the solitary Czech lady, as I exited. It is the 4th of December of 2024.
How do you pronounce "nog"?
Pronounced /nɒɡ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of knag.
Etymology 2
Shortened from nig-nog.