noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:snŏt
Received-Pronunciation:/snɒt/
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General-American:/snɑt/
rhymes with -ɒt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Qualifier: sometimes slightly vulgar
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A contemptible child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A mean fellow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The flamed out wick of a candle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snuff
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
nasal mucus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mucus, mucous secretion
8
noun
Meaning 8
a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snob, prig, snoot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout; ultimately of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare sniff, snuff, snoot, snook), but possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *snew-t- (“to flow, run”). Related also to snite. Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).
Across languages
Translations
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.