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snot

(snŏt)

n. Slang

1. Nasal mucus; phlegm.

2. An annoying, arrogant, or impertinent person.

[Middle English, from Old English gesnot.]

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snot

(snɒt)

n (usually considered vulgar)

1. (Physiology) nasal mucus or discharge

2. slang a contemptible person

[Old English gesnot; related to Old High German snuzza, Norwegian, Danish snot, German schneuzen to blow one's nose]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

snot

(snɒt)

n.

1. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. mucus from the nose.

2. Informal. an impudently disagreeable person.

[1350–1400; Middle English snotte; compare Old English gesnot, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snotte, Dan snot]

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Noun	1.	snot - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying prig, snob, snoot disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	snot - nasal mucus mucous secretion, mucus - protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

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snot

[snɒt] N

1. (= mucus) → mocos mpl, mocarro m

2. (= person) → mocoso/a m/f insolente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snot

[ˈsnɒt] n → morve f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snot

n (inf) → Rotz m (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

snot

[snɒt] n (fam) → moccio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

snot

n (vulg) mucosidad f (form), mocos

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The long, dark streak of the gliding weapon, and the little bubbling vortex which followed its rapid flight, were easily to be seen: but it was not until the handle snot again into the air by its own reaction, and its master catching it in his hand, threw its tines uppermost, that Elizabeth was acquainted with the success of the blow.

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When the researchers inactivated a scent-chopping enzyme in the mice's noses, the pattern of glomeruli activation changed, suggesting that the snot enzymes affect what the mouse smells.

Snot has power to alter scents: mice studies show sense of smell is modified by mucus

They reported that snot enzymes could cut up aldehydes and molecules with chemical features called acetyl groups.

Snot affects out sense of smell: Study

Children can throw bits of dirt into a giant nose and marvel at how it is transformed into snot.

Welsh scientists lift lid on 'burps and bogies' RETRO REPORT September, 2003 How we covered..

Take your pick - literally - from Snot In A Pot, a chocolate nose with green-coloured lemon curd; the Reindeer Pooper and his penguin pal who leave behind a trail of brown jelly beans; and chocolate Reindeer Droppings.

Tacky toys yule want to take ho-ho-home

"SNOT?" said Fat Barry from Sales to the lunchtime crowd in O'Blimey's.

Time to swot up on BIFBO assets; Bill Newman's Diary

But take it from a SNOT exponent of many years standing, the method works best with a cocktail of hate objects.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO... SID LANGLEY

That heft may also explain why Passow and colleagues are finding so much new sea snot in the seafloor traps that they check every 36 hours.

Sea-snot blizzard 'caused by Gulf spill'

That's snot nice, Shaun KAYLA Collins and the other girls in the jungle were not over-excited about joining up with the male camp.

GILLIAN CAN'T STOMACH LIFE IN THE JUNGLE; COMIC ON STAND-BY

CAR licensing bosses thought drivers might turn up their noses at new registration plates - because they looked like "snot".

IT'S JUST SNOT ON; Rude new car reg plates ditched

And why does it produce all that horrible green mucus we call snot?

Who nose what you'll find out?

But you had to have it your way with Arto, Arto's probably listening to his Fleetwood Mac records thinking about his hair or a new disco outfit or plotting out his new space shoes that will be slicker that snot, while Jim rides on, the unsung hero sitting at Taco Bell with a twisted ankle and swellbow having his dinner and getting ready to go back out and skate.

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