booger
Plural: boogers
Noun
- A bogeyman or something causing fear; a dried nasal mucus.
- an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- dried nasal mucus
- A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
- Something suggestive of this material.
- A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
- A bodyboarder.
- A performer of the booger dance.
Examples
- That challenging Q without a U felt like a booger on his tile rack.
- Watch the local boogers charge it!
Origin / Etymology
Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).
Scrabble Score: 9
booger: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbooger: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
booger: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
booger: valid Words With Friends Word