Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, informal)To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
сморкатьсяsmorkatʹsja
(informal, intransitive)To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
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
2 languagesOrigin
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
snots, snotting, snotted, snottedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.