snot
Meaning
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- (informal) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
- (slang) A contemptible child.
- (obsolete,slang) A mean fellow.
- The flamed out wick of a candle.
- (informal) A blemish or encumbrance that one exercises out of something.
Synonyms
nasal mucus
little child
nasal discharge
nasty person
blow nose
mucus of the nose
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/snɒt/
Etymology
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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