booger

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Canada, Philippines, US, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
2. (US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
3. (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
4. (US) A monster, a bogey.

Sinonieme

snot

boogeyman

bugaboo

bogeyman

bogey

slime

nasal mucus

bugbear

bogey

boogie

boogie-woogie

hobgoblin

mucous

mucus

thingummy

bogy

Vertalings

crotte de nez

muco nasale

Nasenschleim

muco

Schleim

moco

morve

macaco

🐒

Rotz

Popel

caccola

loulou

Boogie-Woogie

Mickey

croque-mitaine

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbʊɡɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Switserse Duits: Naaseböög

In summary

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).