nog

Plural: nogs

Noun

• a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it
• A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
• One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
• A treenail to fasten the shores.
• Short for noggin.
• Abbreviation of eggnog.
• A kind of strong ale.
• A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
• A Vietnamese person.

Verb

Verb Forms: nogged, nogging, nogs

• To fill a space in a wall with bricks or timber.
• to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
• to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

Examples

• He tried to NOG up the board, blocking any potential high-scoring plays.

Synonyms

peg

Anagrams of nog