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# snot

«snot» in Mova's school dictionary: **the slimy stuff (mucus) that comes out of your nose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (snot, uncountable — informal); also a snot (a rude person, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Snot is the slimy stuff (mucus) that comes out of your nose, especially when you have a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#m1)

2) (informal, rude) A snot is a rude, proud, cheeky person who thinks they are better than others; the adjective is «snotty». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «snot» is a common but slightly rude word; in science and health lessons the polite word is «mucus», which traps dust and germs and helps protect your body. Hygiene lessons say «Catch it, bin it, kill it»: sneeze into a tissue, throw it away and wash your hands. In funny stories for children, snot is used for gross-out jokes. Phrases: snotty nose, wipe your snot, snot-nosed, snotty (posh and rude).

### examples

- Use a tissue, not your sleeve, to wipe your snot! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x1)
- When I have a cold, my nose is full of snot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x2)
- The baby had snot running down her face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x3)
- Snot traps dust and germs before they get into your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x4)
- «Ew, there's snot on the door handle!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x5)
- (informal) The doctor calls it mucus, but we call it snot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x6)
- (rude) Don't be such a snot to your little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x7)
- The story had a slimy monster made of snot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for the nose stuff: «some snot», not «a snot». Register: informal and a bit rude; in school science writing use «mucus». «Snotty» can mean full of snot or (informal) rude and stuck-up. «Snot-nosed» means young and cheeky (rude).

### In the corpora

- [Green snot does not always mean bacteria: the colour comes from a substance in white blood cells fighting germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/9/)
- [Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses, so they do nothing for a cold, even when the snot turns green.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/2/)
- [Green or yellow snot is coloured by white blood cells fighting the infection and happens in ordinary viral colds too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/8/)
- [Green or yellow snot is common in an ordinary cold; its colour alone does not show you need antibiotics.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/14/)
- [An ill person should see a doctor if they stay ill a long time or get worse, whatever colour their snot is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.