Standard Lemma guide

snot

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: snŏt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /snɒt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /snɑt/
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • CMU ARPABET: S N AO1 T 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A contemptible child.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The flamed out wick of a candle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, countable, dialectal, uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

nasal mucus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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.

  • Ainu: エトㇽ (etor) — mucus
  • Albanian: qurra — mucus
  • Arabic: مُخَاط (muḵāṭ) — mucus
  • Arabic: مُخَاط أَنْف (muḵāṭ ʔanf) — mucus
  • Armenian: փսլինք (pʻslinkʻ) — mucus
  • Armenian: խլինք (xlinkʻ) — mucus
  • Aromanian: muc — mucus
  • Aromanian: muts — mucus
  • Aromanian: mucã — mucus
  • Azerbaijani: fırtıq — mucus
  • Bashkir: маңҡа (mañqa) — mucus
  • Belarusian: со́плі (sópli) — mucus
  • Bulgarian: со́пол (sópol) — mucus
  • Burmese: နှပ် (hnap) — mucus
  • Buryat: нюһан (njuhan) — mucus
  • Catalan: moc — mucus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻涕 (bíti) — mucus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻水 (bíshuǐ) — mucus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻屎 (bíshǐ) — mucus
  • Czech: sopel — mucus
  • Czech: nudle — mucus
  • Danish: snot — mucus
  • Dutch: snot — mucus
  • Esperanto: nazmuko — mucus
  • Estonian: tatt — mucus
  • Finnish: räkä — mucus
  • French: morve — mucus
  • French: roupie — mucus
  • Galician: moco — mucus
  • Galician: mormo — mucus
  • Georgian: ჟღვლინტი (žɣvlinṭi) — mucus
  • Georgian: წვინტლი (c̣vinṭli) — mucus
  • Georgian: ცინგლი (cingli) — mucus
  • Georgian: კინკლი (ḳinḳli) — mucus
  • Georgian: ბოტოტი (boṭoṭi) — mucus
  • German: Rotz — mucus
  • German: Rotze — mucus
  • German: Schnodder — mucus
  • German: Nasenschleim — mucus
  • Greek: μύξα (mýxa) — mucus
  • Ancient Greek: κόρυζα (kóruza) — mucus
  • Ancient Greek: μύξα (múxa) — mucus
  • Ancient Greek: λέμφος (lémphos) — mucus
  • Greenlandic: kakkik — mucus
  • Hebrew: נַזֶּלֶת (nazélet) — mucus
  • Hindi: रेंट (rẽṭ) — mucus
  • Hindi: पोंटा (põṭā) — mucus
  • Hungarian: takony — mucus
  • Icelandic: hor — mucus
  • Indonesian: ingus — mucus
  • Ingrian: räkä — mucus
  • Italian: caccola — mucus
  • Italian: moccio — mucus
  • Italian: moccolo — mucus
  • Japanese: 鼻水 (hanamizu) — mucus
  • Japanese: 洟 (hana) — mucus
  • Japanese: 鼻糞 (hanakuso) — mucus
  • Kaitag: ирхне́ (irꭓné) — mucus
  • Kaurna: nuki — mucus
  • Khmer: សម្បោរ (sɑɑsɑmbao) — mucus
  • Khmer: សិង្ឃានិក (səngkhiənɨk) — mucus
  • Korean: 콧물 (konmul) — mucus
  • Korean: 코딱지 (kottakji) — mucus
  • Central Kurdish: چڵم (çillm) — mucus
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາມູກ (nam mūk) — mucus
  • Latin: mūcēdō — mucus
  • Lithuanian: snarglys — mucus
  • Macedonian: мр́сул (mŕsul) — mucus
  • Malay: hingus — mucus
  • Malay: air hidung — mucus
  • Māori: hūpē — mucus
  • Māori: kea — mucus
  • Māori: keha — mucus
  • Māori: hūwareware — mucus
  • Marathi: शेंबूड (śembūḍ) — mucus
  • Mongolian: нус (nus) — mucus
  • Navajo: néʼéshtił — mucus
  • Ngarrindjeri: nrugi — mucus
  • Norwegian: snørr — mucus
  • Ojibwe: wiiniskiigomaan — mucus
  • Pacoh: arout — mucus
  • Persian: مف (mof) — mucus
  • Persian: ان دماغ (an damâġ) — mucus
  • Polish: smark — mucus
  • Polish: smarki — mucus
  • Portuguese: muco — mucus
  • Portuguese: ranho — mucus
  • Portuguese: tatu — mucus
  • Romagnol: càcar — mucus
  • Romanian: muci — mucus
  • Russian: сопля́ (sopljá) — mucus
  • Russian: со́пли (sópli) — mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: бале — mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bale — mucus
  • Sherpa: སྣབས (snabs) — mucus
  • Sicilian: morvu — mucus
  • Sicilian: mòccaru — mucus
  • Sicilian: muccu — mucus
  • Sicilian: brugghiu — mucus
  • Slovak: sopeľ — mucus
  • Slovene: smrkelj — mucus
  • Swedish: snor — mucus
  • Lower Tanana: nege ghedha' — mucus
  • Tarifit: axrur — mucus
  • Tarifit: aqennin — mucus
  • Thai: น้ํามูก (nám môok) — mucus
  • Tibetan: སྣ་ལུད (sna lud) — mucus
  • Tibetan: སྣབས (snabs) — mucus
  • Turkish: sümük — mucus
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوموك (sümük) — mucus
  • Turkmen: sümük — mucus
  • Ukrainian: смарка́ль (smarkálʹ) — mucus
  • Ukrainian: со́плі (sópli) — mucus
  • Ukrainian: шма́рклі (šmárkli) — mucus
  • Unami: sànikw — mucus
  • Venetan: sgnaròco — mucus
  • Venetan: sgnarìcol — mucus
  • Venetan: napa — mucus
  • Vietnamese: nước mũi — mucus
  • West Frisian: snotte — mucus
  • Yiddish: סמאָרקעכץ (smorkekhts) — mucus
  • Yiddish: ראָץ (rots) — mucus
  • Yiddish: שנאָדער (shnoder) — mucus
  • Yiddish: סמאָרק (smork) — mucus
  • Armenian: փսլնքոտ (pʻslnkʻot) — contemptible child
  • Dutch: snotaap — contemptible child
  • Dutch: snotjongen — contemptible child
  • Dutch: snotneus — contemptible child
  • Esperanto: nazmukulo — contemptible child
  • Finnish: räkänokka — contemptible child
  • French: morveux — contemptible child
  • German: Rotznase — contemptible child
  • Greek: μυξιάρικο (myxiáriko) — contemptible child
  • Ancient Greek: κορυζᾶς (koruzâs) — contemptible child
  • Hungarian: taknyos — contemptible child
  • Italian: monello — contemptible child
  • Italian: moccioso — contemptible child
  • Italian: peste — contemptible child
  • Macedonian: мрсулко (mrsulko) — contemptible child
  • Norwegian: snørrunge — contemptible child
  • Polish: smarkacz — contemptible child
  • Polish: smark — contemptible child
  • Polish: młokos — contemptible child
  • Polish: szczeniak — contemptible child
  • Polish: gówniarz — contemptible child
  • Polish: zasmarkaniec — contemptible child
  • Polish: zasraniec — contemptible child
  • Polish: smród — contemptible child
  • Polish: smrodek — contemptible child
  • Polish: gołowąs — contemptible child
  • Polish: szczawik — contemptible child
  • Polish: małolat — contemptible child
  • Polish: gnój — contemptible child
  • Polish: gnojek — contemptible child
  • Polish: sraluch — contemptible child
  • Polish: srajdek — contemptible child
  • Polish: grzdyl — contemptible child
  • Polish: gówniak — contemptible child
  • Portuguese: pivete — contemptible child
  • Portuguese: pirralho — contemptible child
  • Russian: сопля́к (soplják) — contemptible child
  • Russian: сопля́чка (sopljáčka) — contemptible child
  • Russian: молокосо́с (molokosós) — contemptible child
  • Sicilian: muccusu — contemptible child
  • Spanish: mocoso — contemptible child
  • Swedish: snorunge — contemptible child
  • Swedish: skitunge — contemptible child
  • West Frisian: snotaap — contemptible child
  • West Frisian: snotnoas — contemptible child
  • Bulgarian: издухвам се (izduhvam se) — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Esperanto: blovpurigi — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Esperanto: nazpurigi — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Esperanto: mungi — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Finnish: niistää — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • French: moucher — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Georgian: მოხოცვა (moxocva) — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Greek: μυξιάζω (myxiázo) — to blow, wipe or clear the nose
  • Russian: сморкаться (smorkatʹsja) — to blow, wipe or clear the nose