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snotsicle

snotsicle noun: a solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.

snotsicle: a solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose
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Noun

snotsicle (plural snotsicles)

  1. (informal) A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.
    • I gathered the photo of Dan Withey's 40-yard Wasatch contrail, the vintage travel poster of a jaunty Brit taking trains to the Alps, and a 1979 magazine cover of a bearded dude dangling a two-inch frozen snotsicle, and stuffed them in a closet.2007 October, Rob Story, “Pain Season”, in Skiing, page 42
    • With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition.2010, Michael Engelhard, “Biking Cool”, in Michael Engelhard, editor, Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska, University of Alaska Press, →ISBN, page 97

Forms of snotsicle

pluralsnotsicles

Origin of snotsicle

Blend of snot + icicle, or snot + -sicle.

Questions about snotsicle

What does snotsicle mean?
Snotsicle means a solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.
What part of speech is snotsicle?
Snotsicle is a noun.
What is the plural of snotsicle?
The plural of snotsicle is snotsicles.

Words near snotsicle in the dictionary

  1. snotnoses
  2. snotrag
  3. snotrags
  4. snots
  5. snots up
  6. snotsicle
  7. snotsicles
  8. snotted
  9. snotted up
  10. snotter
  11. snottered

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