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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Vulgar Nasal mucus; phlegm.
  2. n. Slang Vulgar A person regarded as annoying, arrogant, or impertinent.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nasal mucus.
  2. n. A low, mean fellow; a sneak; a snivel: used as a vague term of reproach.
  3. n. The snuff of a candle.
  4. To free from snot; blow or wipe (the nose).
  5. n. The first part of the shedding stage, in the soft crab industry.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
  2. n. Contemptible child.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.
  2. n. A mean, insignificant fellow.
  3. v. To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Old English gesnot.

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  • sionnach Also (in the 'change one letter' thread). Nobel Prize winner's account of respiratory infections in Istanbul Jan 31, 2008

  • sionnach Nasal mucus. Middle English and Anglo-Saxon, it corresponds to the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch snot; the Old Frisian and Middle Low German "snotte;" Middle Dutch "snut"; and Middle High German "snuz". Oct 27, 2007

‘snot’ has been looked up 1325 times, added to 22 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 4.