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boog•er
(bŏŏg′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- Informal Termsany person or thing:That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.
- Slang Termsa piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.
- bogeyman.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.]any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.
- 1865–70; perh. variant of Brit. dialect, dialectal boggard goblin, bogy; in senses of defs. 1 and 2 conflated with bugger1
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