snot
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//snɒt//
- United States//snɑt//
Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
noun
- 1
informalMucus, 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.
- 2
slangSemen.
- 3
slangA 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.
- 4
obsoleteA mean fellow.
- 5
The flamed out wick of a candle.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English 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; 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”).
verb
- 1
informalTo blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
- 2
informalTo 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.
Forms
- plural
- snots
- past tense
- snotted
- past participle
- snotted
- present participle
- snotting
- third person singular
- snots
snot · Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
snout · The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of…snow · The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from…Snow · A surname.