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nose-picking

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger.

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Usage: countable

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3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of nose-pick

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 挖鼻子 (wā bízi) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摳鼻子 /抠鼻子 (kōu bízi) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Dutch: neuspeuteren — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Finnish: nenän kaivaminen — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • French: curer le nez — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • German: nasenbohren — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Hebrew: חיטוט באף (khitút ba'áf) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Hungarian: orrtúrás — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Japanese: 鼻ほじり (hana-hojiri) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Latvian: deguna urbināšana — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Lithuanian: krapštyti nosį — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Macedonian: чепкање нос (čepkanje nos) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pela seg i nasen — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Persian: انگشتکردن در بینی — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Polish: dłubanie w nosie — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Portuguese: cutucada no nariz — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Russian: ковыря́ние в носу́ (kovyrjánije v nosú) — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Spanish: hurgarse la nariz — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Swedish: näspetning — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
  • Tagalog: pangungulangot — insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.