Meanings
booger1
plural boogers
- CanadaPhilippinesUSslangA piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
Mama says you mustn't pick boogers out of your nose with your fingers; you must use your handkerchief.
1948, Publication of the American Dialect Society, page 161 more example
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!
2006, Strapping Young Lad, “Far Beyond Metal”, in The New Black - USslangSomething suggestive of this material.
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.
2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetskyg, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan imaginary monster used to frighten children
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف
- وَسَخ اَلْأَنْف (wasaḵ al-ʔanf)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Catalan burilla, moc
- burillaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- moca piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Chinese Mandarin 鼻屎, 乾鼻涕 /干鼻涕
- 鼻屎 (bíshǐ)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- 乾鼻涕 /干鼻涕 (gān bítì)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- 鼻牛兒 /鼻牛儿 (bíniúr)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- 鼻牛 (bíniú)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Czech holub, šušeň
- holuba piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- šušeňa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Danish bussemand
- bussemanda piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Dutch neuskeutel
- neuskeutela piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Estonian konn, koll
- konna piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- kolla piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Finnish räkäpaakku, räkäklimppi
- räkäpaakkua piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- räkäklimppia piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
French crotte de nez, mucus
- crotte de neza piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- mucusa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
German Popel, Rotz
- Popela piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- Rotza piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- Schleima piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Hungarian fika, takony
- fikaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- takonya piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Indonesian upil
- upila piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Italian caccola
- caccolaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Japanese 鼻糞
- 鼻糞 (hanakuso)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Korean 코딱지
- 코딱지 (kottakji)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Malay tahi hidung
- tahi hidunga piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Norwegian buse
- busea piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Polish koza, smark
- kozaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- smarka piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- gluta piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- gila piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- babola piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Portuguese macaco, catota
- macacoa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- catotaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- melecaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- moncoa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- tatua piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Punjabi ਜਿੱਜੀ
- ਜਿੱਜੀ (jijjī)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Romanian muc
- muca piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Russian козя́вка, козю́ля
- козя́вка (kozjávka)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- козю́ля (kozjúlja)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- коза (koza)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Spanish pelotilla de la nariz, moco
- pelotilla de la nariza piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- mocoa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Swedish snorkråka, kråka
- snorkråkaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- kråkaa piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- snorbusea piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- busea piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Tagalog kulangot
- kulangota piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Thai ขี้มูก
- ขี้มูก (kîi-mûuk)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Turkish sümük
- sümüka piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Ukrainian коза́
- коза́ (kozá)a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
Vietnamese cứt mũi, gỉ mũi
- cứt mũia piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
- gỉ mũia piece of solid or semi-solid mucus
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Cite this entry
booger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booger
“booger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booger. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booger.
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