Definition of booger
1 : bogeyman
2 : a piece of dried nasal mucus
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You guys, mucus—snot, boogers, slime, nose goblins, phlegm—is the best.
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Origin and Etymology of booger
alteration of English dialect buggard, boggart, from 1bug + -ard
First Known Use: 1827
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playDefinition of booger for English Language Learners
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: a piece of mucus from the nose
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