booger

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊɡə(r)

Etymology 1

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard, boggart (bug + ard).

Noun

booger (plural boogers)

1. (US) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
2. (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

Synonyms

• (mucus): bogey, bogie (UK)
• (thing): puppy

Derived terms

• eye booger
• bed booger

Translations

a piece of solid or semisolid mucus

• Adyghe: пэцуй
• Arabic: وسخ الأنف (ar) (wasax al-ʔanff) m

  Egyptian Arabic: كُنانة (kunana) f

• Finnish: räkäpaakku (fi), räkäklimppi (fi)
• French: crotte de nez (fr) f, mickey (fr) m
• German: Popel (de) m
• Japanese: 鼻糞 (ja) (hanakuso)
• Norwegian: buse (no) m
• Portuguese: macaco (pt) m, macaco (fig.) (pt) m, meleca (pt) f, ranho (pt) m

• Romanian: muc (ro)
• Russian: козявка (ru) (kozjávka) f
• Spanish: moquito (es) m
• Tagalog: kulangot (tl)
• Turkish: sümük (tr)
• Ukrainian: коза (uk) (kozá)

Etymology 2

From boogie board.

Noun

booger (plural boogers)

1. (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) bodyboarder

   Watch the local boogers charge it!

Anagrams

• goober