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snot

Pronunciation: /snɒt/

The English word “snot” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
  2. Semen.
  3. A contemptible child.
  4. A mean fellow.
  5. The flamed out wick of a candle.

verb

  1. To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
  2. To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.

Etymology

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…

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