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snotball

snotball noun: a ball of mucus ejected from the mouth.

Noun

snotball (plural snotballs)

  1. (slang) A ball of mucus ejected from the mouth.
    • Without turning, Mike bent his head down just in time to avoid a huge snotball meant for his skull. Instead, a freshman a few feet away was the recipient of the unwholesome mucous present.2002, Joseph C. Becker III, Eric A. Zilli, Twilight: The Waning Days of Youth, page 6
    • Fischer sees it and gets red in the face, then hawks up a snotball and spits at my cleat. It hits dead on, and I shove him on the bench. He shoves me back, and I stand up.2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, page 69
    Synonyms:
    loogie
  2. A term of abuse.
    • Don't it bother you that Jason Bent and those other little snotballs treat him like a doormat?2007, Doug Lambeth, Itchy Donner, page 160

Synonyms of snotball

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Forms of snotball

pluralsnotballs

Origin of snotball

From snot + ball.

Questions about snotball

What does snotball mean?
Snotball means a ball of mucus ejected from the mouth.
What part of speech is snotball?
Snotball is a noun.
What is the plural of snotball?
The plural of snotball is snotballs.

Words near snotball in the dictionary

  1. snot-green
  2. snot-nose
  3. snot-nosed
  4. snotbag
  5. snotbags
  6. snotball
  7. snotballs
  8. snotbox
  9. snotboxes
  10. snotface
  11. snotfaces

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