loogie

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loogie

  • /ˈluːɡi/

Rhymes with -uːɡi

Where it comes from

Unknown; possibly from Luger, Lou, Lue or Louie; possibly from the name of the baseball player Lou Gehrig (from the habit of baseball players of spitting); possible variant of booger.

noun loogies · loogy

  1. US, slang A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm. to hock a loogie
  2. US, slang Any thick, disgusting liquid.

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noun sputum

Españolgargajo, escupitajo
中文痰 tán
Françaismollard, glaviot, huitre
Русскийплево́к plevók, харчо́к xarčók

noun thick liquid

Русскийслизь slizʹ, мокрота́ mokrotá

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"loogie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loogie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"loogie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loogie.

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@misc{loogie_2026,
  title = {loogie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loogie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}