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booger

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++boog·er /ˈbʊɡə, ˈbuː- $ -ər/ noun [countable] American English informal  HBHDCBa thick piece of mucus from your nose 鼻屎
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boogerBen took my magazine home with him - the little booger!We got to install an Indwelling Curiosity Cutout in some nosy booger.Surreptitiously, I stuck boogers on the ends of my fingertips and then tossed them on to the third rail of the subway.Small-time politics, you can hide the boogers.It was enough to fry your brain, to sizzle the boogers in your snout.For years we thought those were boogers on his shirt.
Origin booger (1800-1900) boogie booger ((19-20 centuries)), from bogey ((19-21 centuries)).
boog·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus of your nose from thick mucus piece a


booger
booger /ˈbʊɡə, ˈbuː- $ -ər/ noun [countable] American English informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: boogie 'booger' (19-20 centuries), from bogey (19-21 centuries).
a thick piece of mucus from your nose


boo·gerBrE /ˈbuːɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbuːɡər/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE bogey, bogy) noun (informal) a piece of dried mucus from inside your nose (干结的)鼻屎