snotter
snotter noun: a rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
Noun (1)
snotter (plural snotters)
- A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
Verb
snotter (third-person singular simple present snotters, present participle snottering, simple past and past participle snottered)
- To snivel; to cry or whine.
- Araund the woman her lile ans ſprawl'd on the hearth, ſome, whiting ſpeals, ſome, ſnottering and crying, and ya ruddy cheek'd lad threw on a bullen to make a loww, for its mother to find her loup.1785, William Hutton, A Bran New Wark
- What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships?1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...
- To smack; to hit
- 'You snottered a sergeant, didn't you? My oh my! Clouting a police sergeant is something I've dreamed about for years.'2013, Maurice Procter, Devil's Due
Noun (2)
snotter (countable and uncountable, plural snotters)
- The wattles of a turkeycock.
- Snot; mucus.
- A handkerchief.
- We had our regular rendezvous, […] where we refreshed ourselves with meat and drink, sung obscene and abominable songs […], instructed the younger members systematically in prigging (stealing,) concerted robberies, washed and valued "snotters" (handkerchiefs,) and disposed of them, besides the...1849, The Ragged School Union Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 175
- A pickpocket who steals handkerchiefs.
- You're barely breaking even with the snotters stealing handkerchiefs in the square.2020, Ellie Jacobs, The Last Orphan: A Victorian Romance
Forms of snotter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snotters |
| alternative form | snouter |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | snotters |
| present participle | snottering |
| past participle | snottered |
| past | snottered |
Words that rhyme with snotter
Questions about snotter
- What does snotter mean?
- Snotter means a rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
- What part of speech is snotter?
- Snotter can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of snotter?
- The plural of snotter is snotters.
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