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noun
1.
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
2.
Informal. a disrespectful or supercilious person.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snotte, Old English gesnot, Danish snot
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snot (snɒt)
 
—n
1.  nasal mucus or discharge
2.  slang a contemptible person
 
[Old English gesnot; related to Old High German snuzza, Norwegian, Danish snot, German schneuzen to blow one's nose]

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Word Origin & History

snot
O.E. gesnot "nasal mucus," from P.Gmc. *snuttan (cf. O.Fris. snotta, M.L.G., M.Du. snotte, M.L.G. snute), from the same base as snout. O.E. also had a verb snite "wipe or pick one's nose." Meaning "despicable person" is from 1809. Snotty "impudent, curt, conceited" first recorded 1870; snotnose "upstart"
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Medical Dictionary

snot (snŏt)
n.
Nasal mucus; phlegm.

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Slang Dictionary

snot definition


  1. n.
    nasal mucus. (Crude.) : He sneezed and got snot all over the newspaper.
  2. n.
    a nasty person; an obnoxious person. (Rude and derogatory.) : You needn't be such a snot about it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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