snot

See also: snöt and snøt

English

Etymology

From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout. 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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: snŏt, IPA^(key): /snɒt/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

snot (countable and uncountable, plural snots)

1. (informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
2. (slang, countable) A contemptible child.
   • 2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart (page 19)

     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.

3. (slang, obsolete) A mean fellow.

Synonyms

• booger (US) (but note this noun is countable)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• eye-snot, eye snot
• snotball
• snotnose
• snot-nosed

• snot rocket
• snottite
• snotty

Translations

mucus

• Ainu: エトㇽ (etor)
• Arabic: مُخَاط m (muḵāṭ), مُخَاط أَنْف m (muḵāṭ ʔanf)
• Armenian: փսլինք (hy) (pʻslinkʻ), խլինք (hy) (xlinkʻ)
• Aromanian: muc m, muts m pl, mucã f
• Azerbaijani: fırtıq
• Bashkir: маңҡа (mañqa)
• Belarusian: со́плі f pl (sópli)
• Bulgarian: со́пол m (sópol)
• Burmese: နှပ် (my) (hnap)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻涕 (zh) (bíti), 鼻水 (zh) (bíshuǐ), 鼻屎 (zh) (bíshǐ) (vulgar)

• Czech: sopel (cs) m
• Danish: snot (da) n
• Dutch: snot (nl) n
• Esperanto: mukbuleto
• Estonian: tatt (et)
• Finnish: räkä (fi)
• French: morve (fr) f, roupie (fr) f
• Georgian: ჟღვლინტი (žɣvlinṭi), წვინტლი (c̣vinṭli), ცინგლი (cingli), კინკლი (ḳinḳli), ბოტოტი (boṭoṭi)
• German: Rotz (de) m, Rotze f, Schnodder (de) m, Nasenschleim (de) m (from nose only)
• Greek: μύξα (el) f (mýxa)

  Ancient: κόρυζα f (kóruza), μύξα f (múxa)

• Hebrew: נַזֶּלֶת (he) f (nazélet)
• Hindi: गुस्ताख़ (gustāx), घमण्डी (hi) m (ghamaṇḍī)
• Hungarian: takony (hu)
• Icelandic: hor n
• Indonesian: ingus (id)
• Italian: caccola (it) f, moccio (it) m, moccolo m
• Japanese: 鼻水 (ja) (はなみず, hanamizu), 洟 (ja) (はな, hana), 鼻糞 (はなくそ, hanakuso) (vulgar)
• Khmer: សម្បោរ (km) (sɑmbao), សិង្ឃានិក (km) (səngkhiənɨk)
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• Korean: 콧물 (ko) (konmul), 코딱지 (kottakji) (booger)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چڵم (çillm)

• Lao: ນ້ຳມູກ (nam mūk)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: snarglys m
• Macedonian: мр́сул m (mŕsul)
• Maori: hūpē, kea, keha
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: néʼéshtił
• Ngarrindjeri: nrugi
• Norwegian: snørr (no) f or n
• Persian: مف (fa) (mof)
• Polish: smark m, smarki pl or f
• Portuguese: muco (pt) m, ranho (pt) m (liquid), tatu (pt) m (solid)
• Romanian: muci m pl
• Russian: сопля́ (ru) f (sopljá), со́пли (ru) f pl (sópli) (usually plural)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бале f pl

  Roman: bale (sh) f pl

• Slovak: sopeľ m
• Slovene: smrkelj m
• Spanish: moco (es) m
• Swedish: snor (sv) n
• Thai: น้ำมูก (nám môok)
• Tibetan: སྣ་ལུད (sna lud)
• Turkish: sümük (tr)
• Turkmen: sümük
• Ukrainian: (slang) смарка́ль m (smarkálʹ), со́плі f pl (sópli), шма́рклі f pl (šmárkli)
• Venetian: sgnaròco (vec) m, sgnarìcol m, napa (vec) f
• Vietnamese: vuôi, mũi thò lò
• Westrobothnian:

contemptible child

• Armenian: փսլնքոտ (hy) (pʻslnkʻot)
• Dutch: snotaap (nl)
• Finnish: räkänokka (fi)
• French: morveux (fr) m
• German: Rotznase (de) f
• Greek: μυξιάρικο (el) n (myxiáriko)
• Hungarian: taknyos (hu)
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• Italian: monello (it) m, moccioso (it) m, peste (it) f
• Macedonian: мрсулко m (mrsulko)
• Norwegian: snørrunge m
• Polish: smarkacz (pl) m, smark m, młokos (pl) m, szczeniak (pl) m, gówniarz (pl) m, zasmarkaniec m, zasraniec (pl) m (vulgar), smród (pl) m, smrodek (pl) m, gołowąs (pl) m, szczawik (pl) m, małolat (pl) m, gnój (pl) m, gnojek (pl) m, sraluch m, srajdek, grzdyl m, gówniak (pl) m, gówniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: pivete (pt) m
• Russian: сопля́к (ru) m (soplják), сопля́чка (ru) f (sopljáčka), молокосо́с (ru) m (molokosós)
• Spanish: mocoso (es) m
• Swedish: snorunge (sv) c

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
2. (intransitive) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
   • 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 148:

     I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.

Translations

to blow, wipe or clear the nose

• Finnish: niistää (fi)
• French: moucher (fr)
• Georgian: მოხოცვა (moxocva)
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• Greek: μυξιάζω (el) (myxiázo)
• Russian: сморкаться (ru) impf (smorkatʹsja)

Anagrams

• NOTs, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, tons

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Danish

Noun

snot n (definite singular snottet) (uncountable)

1. snot (nasal mucus) (informal in English, not in Danish)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snotte, from Old Dutch *snotto, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɔt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: snot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

snot n (uncountable)

1. snot, nasal mucus

Derived terms

• snotaap
• snotneus

Anagrams

• Sont

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• snotte, snott, snothe

Etymology

From Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔt(ə)/

Noun

snot (uncountable) (rare)

1. Snot, mucus (matter accreting in the nose)
2. The remnants of a burnt and expired candle wick.

Descendants

• English: snot
• Scots: snot

References

• “snotte (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.