Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nasal mucus; phlegm.
- noun An annoying, arrogant, or impertinent person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To free from snot; blow or wipe (the nose).
- noun The first part of the shedding stage, in the soft crab industry.
- noun Nasal mucus.
- noun A low, mean fellow; a sneak; a snivel: used as a vague term of reproach.
- noun The snuff of a candle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Low Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.
- noun Low A mean, insignificant fellow.
- transitive verb To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal, uncountable
Mucus , especially mucus from thenose . - noun slang, countable
Contemptible child. - verb transitive To
blow ,wipe , orclear (the nose).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun nasal mucus
- noun a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They were all telling me that this -- this animal can -- when it dries up, goes into a borough build him self in what they call a snot bubble.
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But if in English "snot" is associated with disdain, in Russian сопли are associated with infantile behavior.
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The pettiest thing I hate: children are little germ monsters and the snot is neverending and I hate it.
10 Things I Hate About Motherhood (And One That I Love) - Her Bad Mother 2010
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On a side note to Hugh Jackman …. any future attempts by your people that have you starring in roles where you cry so much snot is coming out your nose should be probably ignored.
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Wiping snot is the bane of my existence all winter.
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Why shoot something that kicks the ever-lovin 'snot out of you when a 6. 5x55, 7x57, 280 will effectively slay 90% of the game animals in North America?
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I know, upside down with a head full of snot is not the most appealing thing.
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And its impossible to sneeze with your eyes open … I dont really care, all I care about is not gettin snot everywhere. i'm a girl who is laughing Says:
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| Reply fire burns things away and meteor does damage to everything, snot is as usfull as the other stuff
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - You GOTTA try Dragon Vector 2006
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If I wasn't so lazy I'd link the word snot to another entry.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2002
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This May a thick layer of marine mucilage, popularly known as sea snot, started to take over Marmara.
An ode to Marmara 2023
sionnach commented on the word snot
Nasal mucus. Middle English and Anglo-Saxon, it corresponds to the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch snot; the Old Frisian and Middle Low German "snotte;" Middle Dutch "snut"; and Middle High German "snuz".
October 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the word snot
Also (in the 'change one letter' thread). Nobel Prize winner's account of respiratory infections in Istanbul
January 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word snot
Australian slang: to punch in the face. Uhh, probably someone else, not yourself.
August 31, 2012