booger
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booger¹
- /ˈbʊɡɚ/ US
- /ˈbʊɡə/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).
noun boogers
- A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril. Mama says you mustn't pick boogers out of your nose with your fingers; you must use your handkerchief.
- Something suggestive of this material. The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood.
-
A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
Similar: bugger
- A monster, a bogey.
booger²
- /ˈbʊɡɚ/ US
- /ˈbʊɡə/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From boogie board + -er.
noun boogers
- A bodyboarder. Watch the local boogers charge it!
booger³
- /ˈbʊɡɚ/ US
- /ˈbʊɡə/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊɡə(ɹ)
noun boogers
- A performer of the booger dance.
Translations
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noun a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
| Español | pelotilla de la nariz, moco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코딱지 kottakji |
| 日本語 | 鼻糞 hanakuso |
| 中文 | 鼻屎 bíshǐ, 乾鼻涕 /干鼻涕 gān bítì, 鼻牛兒 /鼻牛儿 bíniúr, 鼻牛 bíniú |
| Português | macaco, catota, meleca, monco, tatu |
| Français | crotte de nez, mucus |
| Deutsch | Popel, Rotz, Schleim |
| Italiano | caccola |
| Română | muc |
| Русский | козя́вка kozjávka, козю́ля kozjúlja, коза koza |
| Tiếng Việt | cứt mũi, gỉ mũi |
| العربية | وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف wasaḵ al-ʔanf |
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title = {booger},
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