snot

/snɔt/

Thân thiện

A child wipes snot from their nose with a tissue.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Nasal mucus: The thick, wet substance produced inside the nose.
   • An annoying, arrogant person: (Slang, derogatory) A person who is regarded as contemptibly arrogant or irritating.

Examples

• Noun (Nasal mucus):
  • He wiped the snot from the child's nose with a tissue.
  • When you have a cold, you often have a lot of snot.
• Noun (Person):
  • Don't be such a snot; you're not better than everyone else.
  • That little snot thinks he knows everything.

Advanced Usage

• "Snot-nosed" (adjective, informal, derogatory): Describes a child who is bratty, annoying, or immature, often with the literal implication of having a runny nose.
  • I'm not taking orders from some snot-nosed kid.
• "Snotty" (adjective): The more common adjective form, meaning covered with or resembling snot, or (more frequently) behaving in a contemptibly arrogant way.
  • She gave a snotty reply and walked away.
  • The toddler's face was snotty from crying.

Variants and Related Words

• Snotty (adj): 1. Relating to or covered with nasal mucus. 2. Arrogantly superior; snobbish.
• Snot-nosed (adj): A compound adjective, synonymous with "snotty" when referring to an irritatingly arrogant young person.

Synonyms

• For nasal mucus: Mucus, phlegm, booger (informal).
• For an annoying person: Brat, snob, jerk (informal), twit (informal).

Related Idioms

• "Snotty-nosed": An idiom with the same meaning as the adjective "snot-nosed," emphasizing youthful arrogance or annoyance.
  • Those snotty-nosed teenagers have no respect.

Học thuật

Noun

1. nasal mucus
2. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

Từ đồng nghĩa

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