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–noun
1.Informal. any person or thing: That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.
2.Slang. a piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.
3.bogeyman.
4.Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.
[Origin: 1865–70; perh. var. of Brit. dial. boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1 and 2 conflated with bugger1]
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boog·er    Audio Help   (bŏŏg'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A bogeyman.
  2. Slang Dried nasal mucus.
  3. Slang An item that is unnamed or unnameable: "It's . . . like a pop-top . . . one of those sharp little boogers you pull off the beer cans" (Hunter S. Thompson).
  4. Slang
    1. A worthless, despicable person.
    2. A person; a fellow.


[Origin unknown.]

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