booger

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɡɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɡə/ Rhymes: -ʊɡə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”). ==== Noun ==== booger (plural boogers) (US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril. (US, slang) Something suggestive of this material. (US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing. (US) A monster, a bogey. ===== Synonyms ===== (mucus): bogey, snot, bogie (UK), boogie (thing): bugger ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From boogie board +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== booger (plural boogers) (surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder. === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== booger (plural boogers) A performer of the booger dance. === Anagrams === bog ore, goober