Meaning of snottery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Full of snot or phlegm; snotty.
   colloquial
2. Resembling or characteristic of snot.
   colloquial
3. Presumptuous and demanding.
   colloquial

Examples

“She didn't care about her snottery nose.”

“"We are about to enter⟳ a slavering, snottery, gnashing, bloody, excremental, universal madness, dear boy," he said gently.”

“It ate with a kind of baleful indifference, its wet⟳, snottery trunk curling out mechanically to take⟳ the food through the bars.”

“She made a witty comment⟳ about tissues: at least it wasnt a snottery tissue like⟳ how some people leave⟳ their snottery tissues on the baize.”

“A mistake⟳ in the kitchen one day, and while the rest⟳ of the household sup on the golden broth of a cockerel, out comes a bowl of thin, snottery gruel for Mhairi.”

“The old man sucked at his pipe, a great snottery, gurgling sound⟳, and tamped down the black, oily tobacco with a horny forefinger, keeping up the suspense like⟳ the consummate showman that he was.”

“I heard him laugh⟳, a deep, snottery rumble, familiarly full of phlegm and juvenile amusement.”

“"You are in an unco' hurry⟳," she replied, getting nettled, as she filled a glass. "It doesna' do to be so snottery as a' that."”

“She still thought that, in a way, but she'd tell⟳ me in any case. I was, she explained, a snottery, two-faced wee shite.”

“Una is turned into a right snottery wee brat, and she will need⟳ to mind⟳ her step.”

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