Snot

Quick meaning: Snot is a noun meaning (informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

Meaning

(informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

More Meanings

1. (Northern England, dialectal) The flamed out wick of a candle.
2. (ambitransitive, informal) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
3. (intransitive, informal) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
4. (slang, countable) A contemptible child.
5. (slang, obsolete) A mean fellow.

Example Sentences

I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• snots
• snotting
• snotted

Synonyms for snot

Depending on context, synonyms include booger, snuff, prig, snob.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snob, prig, squirt, phlegm, kid, creeper.

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