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booger

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbʊɡɚ

Definitions

  1. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
  2. A bodyboarder.
  3. A performer of the booger dance.
  4. Something suggestive of this material.
    US, slang
  5. A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
    US, slang
  6. A monster, a bogey.
    US

Equivalents

31 more languages
Catalàburilla
Češtinaholubšušeň
Ελληνικάμύξα
Galegomoco
Bahasa Indonesiaupil
Italianocaccola
日本語鼻糞
한국어코딱지
Bahasa Melayutahi hidung
Nederlandsneuskeutel
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਜਿੱਜੀ
Portuguêscatotamacacomelecamoncotatu
Românămuc
СрпскиbušekozakrakaMućtatuкоза
Tagalogkulangot
Türkçesümük
Українськакоза
Tiếng Việtcứt mũigỉ mũi

Examples

Mama says you mustn't pick boogers out of your nose with your fingers; you must use your handkerchief.”
Now in the halls of the necro lord / Flash of fear when he sees my sword / Raped his woman, smoked his bone / Leave a booger underneath his throne!”
The latter is discovered by Caesar, Maurice, and their compadres living in a crumbling, snow-packed ski lodge, its antler chandeliers hung with boogers of ice in a mockery of humanity’s pretensions of alpha-predator-hood.”
Watch the local boogers charge it!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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