Collocations for "snot"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "snot" in context.
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snot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- snot was [running, streaming, dripping] out of his nose
- snot dangling from her [left] nostril
- her [hand, handkerchief] was full of snot
- wiped the snot from his nose
- wiped the snot away with [his hand, a tissue]
- wiped the snot on her [shirt, sleeve]
- wiped the snot with his [gloves, hands, sleeve]
- blew the snot into a tissue
- informal: a [snobbish, stuck-up, contemptible] snot
- informal: he's nothing but a little snot
- informal: get [back, over] here, you little snot!
- informal: came across as a [haughty, stuck-up] snot
- a snot-filled [tissue, handkerchief]
- a snot-nosed kid