snotty

Etymology

From snot + -y.

adj

  1. Running or dirtied with snot.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of snot, especially in texture.
    Greasy hamburgers or snotty eggs? How about some of those fine pancakes that needed a steak knife to hack through? 2007, Tom Carroll, The Confession of Mason Young, page 69
  3. (informal) Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.
    Becky had been trying to move out of the society pages and into stories of more substance in recent months, a major shift for her. When I worked for the Herald, she was kind of a mincy, snotty little thing who dressed in heels and blouses […] 2016, Meg O'Brien, A Bright Flamingo Shroud

noun

  1. (Australia, slang) The lion's mane jellyfish, which secretes a mucus that can foul fishing nets.
  2. (nautical, slang) A midshipman.

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