booger
[ boog-er ]
/ ˈbʊg ər /
noun
Informal. any person or thing: That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.
Slang. a piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.
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Origin of booger
1865–70; perhaps variant of British dialect boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1, 2 conflated with bugger1
Words nearby booger
booby trap, boodie, boodle, boofhead, boofy, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, boogie, boogie board, boogie-woogie
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