Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Canada, Philippines, US, slang)A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

    Popel, Rotz, Schleim

    козя́вкаkozjávka, козю́ляkozjúlja, козаkoza

    коза́kozá

  2. (US, slang)Something suggestive of this material.

  3. (US, slang)A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

  4. (US)A monster, a bogey.

    an imaginary monster used to frighten children

  5. (derogatory, mildly, slang)A bodyboarder.

    Watch the local boogers charge it!

  6. A performer of the booger dance.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Mommy, where's my booger?

    Мамо, де моя шмаркля?

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  2. You've got a booger on your hair.

    deDu hast da ’n Popel im Haar!

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  3. You have a booger under your nose.

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  4. Tom is picking boogers out of his nose.

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  5. He put a booger in his mouth, yuck!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus:
Русский
By meaning 1
a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus:

Origin

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compar

Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).

From boogie board + -er.

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Forms

plural: boogers
Singularbooger
Pluralboogers

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
thing:bugger
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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