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Snot
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- 1 Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. informal, uncountable
"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."
- 2 nasal mucus wordnet
- 3 A contemptible child. countable, slang
"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."
- 4 a person regarded as arrogant and annoying wordnet
- 5 A mean fellow. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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- 6 The flamed out wick of a candle. Northern-England, countable, dialectal, uncountable
- 1 To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose). ambitransitive, informal
- 2 To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose. informal, intransitive
"I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering."
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”).
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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