snot

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: snŏt, IPA(key): /snɒt/ (General American) IPA(key): /snɑt/ Rhymes: -ɒt === Noun === snot (countable and uncountable, plural snots) (informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. (slang, countable) A contemptible child. (slang, obsolete) A mean fellow. (Northern England, dialectal) The flamed out wick of a candle. Synonym: snuff ==== Synonyms ==== booger (US) (but note this noun is countable) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === snot (third-person singular simple present snots, present participle snotting, simple past and past participle snotted) (ambitransitive, informal) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose). (intransitive, informal) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, tons == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German snotte. === Noun === snot n (definite singular snottet) (uncountable) snot (nasal mucus) (informal in English, not in Danish) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch snotte, from Old Dutch *snotto, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɔt/ Hyphenation: snot Rhymes: -ɔt === Noun === snot n (uncountable, no diminutive) snot, nasal mucus ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Sont == 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) Snot, mucus (matter accreting in the nose) 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 26 February 2019. == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔt/ === Noun === snot c (no plural) alternative form of snotte