ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Snotter

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Snotter is a noun meaning (intransitive) To snivel; to cry or whine.

Meaning

(intransitive) To snivel; to cry or whine.

More Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To smack; to hit
  2. The wattles of a turkeycock.
  3. (Scotland) Snot; mucus.
  4. (UK, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.
  5. (UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket who steals handkerchiefs.
  6. (nautical) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Example Sentences

You're barely breaking even with the snotters stealing handkerchiefs in the square.
What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships?
'You snottered a sergeant, didn't you? My oh my! Clouting a police sergeant is something I've dreamed about for years.'
'Aaaaaah. and that's another thing, I want a home,' I snottered. What the hell was going on? I was an emotional wreck[…]

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Related dictionary entries include stirrup, knittle, sprittie, spar, thrum, snead.

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