snots

Noun

snot (countable and uncountable, plural snots)

1. (informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
   • Once, I remember, the little fair-haired boy had a choking fit at dinner, and a stream of snot ran out of his nose on to his plate in a way horrible to see.c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
2. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Semen.
3. (countable, slang) A contemptible child.
   • With no warning a gang of little snots — none larger or older than I was — threw me to the ground, pulled my knickers below my knees — without any explanation, and allowed me to get up.2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart, page 19
4. (obsolete, slang) A mean fellow.
5. (Northern England, dialectal) The flamed out wick of a candle.

   Synonyms:

   snuff

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