snot
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snot
- /snɒt/ UK
- /snɑt/ US
Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
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; ultimately of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare sniff, snuff, snoot, snook), but possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *snew-t- (“to flow, run”). 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”).
noun snots
- Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. 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.
- Semen.
- A contemptible child. 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.
- A mean fellow.
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The flamed out wick of a candle.
Similar: snuff
Similar: booger
verb snots · snotting · snotted
- To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
- To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose. I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.
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noun
Similar: booger
Translations
Every language
noun mucus
| 한국어 | 콧물 konmul, 코딱지 kottakji |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 鼻水 hanamizu, 洟 hana, 鼻糞 hanakuso |
| 中文 | 鼻涕 bíti, 鼻水 bíshuǐ, 鼻屎 bíshǐ |
| हिन्दी | रेंट rẽṭ, पोंटा põṭā |
| Português | muco, ranho, tatu |
| Français | morve, roupie |
| Deutsch | Rotz, Rotze, Schnodder, Nasenschleim |
| Italiano | caccola, moccio, moccolo |
| Ελληνικά | μύξα mýxa |
| Română | muci |
| Русский | сопля́ sopljá, со́пли sópli |
| Tiếng Việt | nước mũi |
| العربية | مُخَاط muḵāṭ, مُخَاط أَنْف muḵāṭ ʔanf |
| עברית | נַזֶּלֶת nazélet |
noun contemptible child
| Español | mocoso |
|---|---|
| Português | pivete, pirralho |
| Français | morveux |
| Deutsch | Rotznase |
| Italiano | monello, moccioso, peste |
| Ελληνικά | μυξιάρικο myxiáriko |
| Русский | сопля́к soplják, сопля́чка sopljáčka, молокосо́с molokosós |
verb to blow, wipe or clear the nose
| Français | moucher |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | μυξιάζω myxiázo |
| Русский | сморкаться smorkatʹsja |
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title = {snot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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