Definition

1. Noun:
   • Dried nasal mucus: A small, solid piece of mucus from the nose.
   • An imaginary monster: A frightening creature used in stories to scare children.

Examples

• Noun (Dried nasal mucus):

  • The child had a booger on his finger.
  • It's impolite to pick your nose and flick a booger.

• Noun (Imaginary monster):

  • If you don't go to sleep, the booger will get you!
  • The story was about a scary booger that lived in the closet.

Advanced Usage

• "Booger" as a term of endearment or playful insult: In very informal, often regional, use, it can refer to a person, especially a child, in a mildly teasing or affectionate way.
  • Come here, you little booger! (Said to a mischievous child.)

Variants and Related Words

• Boogie: (Informal, often a variant spelling) Can be a synonym for "booger" (nasal mucus).
  • He had a boogie hanging from his nose.

Synonyms

• Dried nasal mucus: Bogey (chiefly British), snot (more vulgar).
• Imaginary monster: Bogeyman, goblin, bugbear.

Related Phrases

• "Pick a booger": To remove dried mucus from one's nose with a finger.
  • Don't pick a booger at the dinner table.

Noun

1. dried nasal mucus
2. an imaginary monster used to frighten children