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pick one's nose

pick one's nose verb: to insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.

Verb

pick one's nose (third-person singular simple present picks one's nose, present participle picking one's nose, simple past and past participle picked one's nose)

  1. (idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.
    • You can pick your friends; you can pick your nose; but you can't pick your friends' noses.

pick one's nose meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

pick one's nose in Tamil

insert a finger into one's nostril
மூக்கை நோண்டு mūkkai nōṇṭu

pick one's nose in Tagalog

insert a finger into one's nostril
mangulangot

pick one's nose in Arabic

insert a finger into one's nostril
دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ daḵḵala ʔiṣbaʕahu fī ʔanfihi

pick one's nose in Indonesian

insert a finger into one's nostril
mengupil, ngupil
More languagesFewer languages
pick one's nose in Persian
دست تو دماغ کردن
pick one's nose in Vietnamese
ngoáy mũi, cạy rỉ mũi

Forms of pick one's nose

third-person singular presentpicks one's nose
present participlepicking one's nose
past participlepicked one's nose
pastpicked one's nose

Questions about pick one's nose

What does pick one's nose mean?
Pick one's nose means to insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.
What is pick one's nose in Tamil?
Pick one's nose in Tamil is மூக்கை நோண்டு (mūkkai nōṇṭu). See Pick one's nose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pick one's nose?
Pick one's nose is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick one's nose?
The past tense of pick one's nose is picked one's nose.

Words near pick one's nose in the dictionary

  1. pick off
  2. pick offs
  3. pick on
  4. pick on someone your own size
  5. pick one's battles
  6. pick one's nose
  7. pick one's way
  8. pick oneself up off the floor
  9. pick out
  10. pick out of a hat
  11. pick over

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