snot
Mucus, especially mucus from the noseMucus, especially mucus from the nose.
» You little snot!
Du kleiner Scheißkerl!
Ах ты дрянь такая!
Ти малий шмаркачу!
Meaning
5 senses(informal, uncountable)Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
Rotz, Rotze, Schnodder
сопля́sopljá, со́плиsópli
смарка́льsmarkálʹ, со́пліsópli, шма́ркліšmárkli
nasal mucus
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen.
(countable, slang)A contemptible child.
Rotznase
сопля́кsoplják, сопля́чкаsopljáčka, молокосо́сmolokosós
(Northern England, countable, dialectal, uncountable)The flamed out wick of a candle.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A mean fellow.
Examples
13 sentencesYou little snot!
Ти малий шмаркачу! — deniko
ruАх ты дрянь такая! — marafon
deDu kleiner Scheißkerl! — Manfredo
Mennad's helmet is full of snot.
You've got snot in your hair.
deDu hast da ’n Popel im Haar! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He sneezed and covered himself with snot.
A 40- or 50-year-old is a snot-nosed brat.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West GermaniFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: snotsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable