noll

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/nɒl/

noun

The head, especially the top of the head.

“Old Noll (a nickname of Oliver Cromwell)”

OriginMiddle English nol ← Old English hnol →
Less commonFirst used 8th c.Scrabble 4
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Meanings

noll1

nounnoll (plural nolls)

plural nolls

  1. obsoleteThe head, especially the top of the head.First known use 8th c.

    Wolde to God it wolde please you some daye / A balade boke before me for to laye, / And lerne me to synge Re my fa sol! / And whan I fayle bobbe me on the noll.

    1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte

Noll2

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.

    Old Noll (a nickname of Oliver Cromwell)

  2. A surname.

Origin

noll · noun

  1. Old Englishhnol
  2. Middle Englishnol
  3. Englishnoll

From Middle English nol, from Old English hnol. Cognate with Dutch nol (“top of a sand-dune”).

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Noll · proper noun

From Oliver, compare Neddie and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with noll

volpolldollsolcolpolcollknollatollbollvoleextolfolllollRawleskolquollhamalPoint au Gaultió de Nadal
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Sounds the same

gnoll (one pronunciation)
Cite this entry
APA

noll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noll

MLA

“noll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noll. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noll.

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