snot
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Definition of snot
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(informal, uncountable)Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
“Once, I remember, the little fair-haired boy had a choking fit at dinner, and a stream of snot ran out of his nose on to his plate in a way horrible to see.”
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noun
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(informal, uncountable)Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
“Once, I remember, the little fair-haired boy had a choking fit at dinner, and a stream of snot ran out of his nose on to his plate in a way horrible to see.”
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(countable, slang)A contemptible child.
“With no warning a gang of little snots — none larger or older than I was — threw me to the ground, pulled my knickers below my knees — without any explanation, and allowed me to get up.”
- (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A mean fellow.
- (Northern-England, countable, dialectal, uncountable)The flamed out wick of a candle.
verb
- (ambitransitive, informal)To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
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(informal, intransitive)To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
“I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz…
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout. Related also to snite. Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).
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