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
- (colloquial) To smack; to hit
- The wattles of a turkeycock.
- (Scotland) Snot; mucus.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket who steals handkerchiefs.
- (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[…]
Word Forms
- snotters
- snouter
- snottering
- snottered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stirrup, knittle, sprittie, spar, thrum, snead.
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