"pick one's nose" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pick one's nose.ogg Forms: picks one's nose [present, singular, third-person], picking one's nose [participle, present], picked one's nose [participle, past], picked one's nose [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pick one's nose (third-person singular simple present picks one's nose, present participle picking one's nose, simple past and past participle picked one's nose)
  1. (idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Face Related terms: nose-pick, nose-picker, nose-picking, rhinotillexomania Translations (insert a finger into one's nostril): دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ (daḵḵala ʔiṣbaʕahu fī ʔanfihi) (Arabic), لعب في مناخيره (leʕeb fī manāḵīroh) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), քիթը քչփորել (kʻitʻə kʻčʻpʻorel) (Armenian), fer burilles (Catalan), hingugmo (Cebuano), 撩鼻屎 (liu¹ bei⁶ si², liu² bei⁶ si²) (Chinese Cantonese), 挖鼻子 (wābízi) (Chinese Mandarin), 摳鼻子 (Chinese Mandarin), 抠鼻子 (kōubízi) (Chinese Mandarin), 挖鼻 (wābí) (Chinese Mandarin), dloubat se v nose (Czech), pille næse (Danish), pulken (Dutch), neuspeuteren (Dutch), kaivaa nenäänsä (Finnish), se curer le nez (French), se mettre le doigt dans le nez (French), fourrer son doigt dans son nez (French), in der Nase bohren (German), in der Nase herumbohren (German), sich in der Nase pulen [North-German] (German), popeln [colloquial] (German), σκαλίζω τη μύτη μου (skalízo ti mýti mou) (Greek), לחטט באף (Hebrew), túrja az orrát (Hungarian), orrot túr (Hungarian), bányászik [colloquial] (Hungarian), bora í nefið (Icelandic), mengupil (Indonesian), ngupil [colloquial] (Indonesian), mettersi le dita nel naso (Italian), scaccolare (Italian), scaccolarsi (Italian), 鼻を穿る (hana o hojiru) (alt: はなをほじる) (Japanese), 鼻をほじくる (hana o hojikuru) (alt: はなをほじくる) (Japanese), ឆ្កឹះអាចម៍ច្រមុះ (chkəh ʼac crɑmoh) (Khmer), 코를 파다 (koreul pada) (Korean), чепка нос (čepka nos) (Macedonian), plukke nesen (Norwegian), دست تو دماغ کردن (Persian), dłubać w nosie (Polish), cutucar o nariz (Portuguese), limpar o salão (Portuguese), se scobi în nas (Romanian), ковыря́ть в носу́ (kovyrjátʹ v nosú) (Russian), ковыря́ться в носу́ (kovyrjátʹsja v nosú) (Russian), колупа́ться в носу́ (kolupátʹsja v nosú) (Russian), hurgarse la nariz (Spanish), hacer píldoras [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish), peta näsan (Swedish), peta i näsan (Swedish), peta sig i näsan (Swedish), mangulangot (Tagalog), மூக்கை நோண்டு (mūkkai nōṇṭu) (Tamil), колупа́ти в но́сі (kolupáty v nósi) (Ukrainian), до́вбати в но́сі (dóvbaty v nósi) (Ukrainian), ngoáy mũi (Vietnamese), cạy rỉ mũi (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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        "To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus."
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        "(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "nose-pick"
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        {
          "word": "nose-picker"
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        {
          "word": "nose-picking"
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        {
          "word": "rhinotillexomania"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "daḵḵala ʔiṣbaʕahu fī ʔanfihi",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ"
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          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "leʕeb fī manāḵīroh",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "لعب في مناخيره"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʻitʻə kʻčʻpʻorel",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "քիթը քչփորել"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "fer burilles"
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          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "hingugmo"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "liu¹ bei⁶ si², liu² bei⁶ si²",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "撩鼻屎"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wābízi",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "挖鼻子"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "摳鼻子"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kōubízi",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "抠鼻子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wābí",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "挖鼻"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "dloubat se v nose"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "pille næse"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "pulken"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "neuspeuteren"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "kaivaa nenäänsä"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "se curer le nez"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "se mettre le doigt dans le nez"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "fourrer son doigt dans son nez"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "in der Nase bohren"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "in der Nase herumbohren"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sich in der Nase pulen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "popeln"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skalízo ti mýti mou",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "σκαλίζω τη μύτη μου"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "לחטט באף"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "túrja az orrát"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "orrot túr"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bányászik"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "bora í nefið"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "mengupil"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ngupil"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "mettersi le dita nel naso"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "scaccolare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "scaccolarsi"
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        {
          "alt": "はなをほじる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hana o hojiru",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "鼻を穿る"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はなをほじくる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hana o hojikuru",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "鼻をほじくる"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "chkəh ʼac crɑmoh",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "ឆ្កឹះអាចម៍ច្រមុះ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "koreul pada",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "코를 파다"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čepka nos",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "чепка нос"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "plukke nesen"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "دست تو دماغ کردن"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "dłubać w nosie"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "cutucar o nariz"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "limpar o salão"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "se scobi în nas"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kovyrjátʹ v nosú",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "ковыря́ть в носу́"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kovyrjátʹsja v nosú",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "ковыря́ться в носу́"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kolupátʹsja v nosú",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "колупа́ться в носу́"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "hurgarse la nariz"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
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          "word": "hacer píldoras"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "peta näsan"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "peta i näsan"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "peta sig i näsan"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "mangulangot"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "mūkkai nōṇṭu",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "மூக்கை நோண்டு"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kolupáty v nósi",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "колупа́ти в но́сі"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dóvbaty v nósi",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "до́вбати в но́сі"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "ngoáy mũi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
          "word": "cạy rỉ mũi"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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      "form": "picks one's nose",
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        "present",
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      "form": "picking one's nose",
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      "word": "nose-pick"
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      "word": "nose-picker"
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      "word": "nose-picking"
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      "word": "rhinotillexomania"
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
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        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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          "text": "You can pick your friends; you can pick your nose; but you can't pick your friends' noses.",
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        "To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus."
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        "(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daḵḵala ʔiṣbaʕahu fī ʔanfihi",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "leʕeb fī manāḵīroh",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "لعب في مناخيره"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻitʻə kʻčʻpʻorel",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "քիթը քչփորել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "fer burilles"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "hingugmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "liu¹ bei⁶ si², liu² bei⁶ si²",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "撩鼻屎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wābízi",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "挖鼻子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "摳鼻子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kōubízi",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "抠鼻子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wābí",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "挖鼻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "dloubat se v nose"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "pille næse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "pulken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "neuspeuteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "kaivaa nenäänsä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "se curer le nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "se mettre le doigt dans le nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "fourrer son doigt dans son nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "in der Nase bohren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "in der Nase herumbohren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "North-German"
      ],
      "word": "sich in der Nase pulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "popeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skalízo ti mýti mou",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "σκαλίζω τη μύτη μου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "לחטט באף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "túrja az orrát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "orrot túr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "bányászik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "bora í nefið"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "mengupil"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "ngupil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "mettersi le dita nel naso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "scaccolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "scaccolarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はなをほじる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hana o hojiru",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "鼻を穿る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はなをほじくる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hana o hojikuru",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "鼻をほじくる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chkəh ʼac crɑmoh",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "ឆ្កឹះអាចម៍ច្រមុះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "koreul pada",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "코를 파다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čepka nos",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "чепка нос"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "plukke nesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "دست تو دماغ کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "dłubać w nosie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "cutucar o nariz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "limpar o salão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "se scobi în nas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kovyrjátʹ v nosú",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "ковыря́ть в носу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kovyrjátʹsja v nosú",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "ковыря́ться в носу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolupátʹsja v nosú",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "колупа́ться в носу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "hurgarse la nariz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "hacer píldoras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "peta näsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "peta i näsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "peta sig i näsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "mangulangot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mūkkai nōṇṭu",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "மூக்கை நோண்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolupáty v nósi",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "колупа́ти в но́сі"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóvbaty v nósi",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "до́вбати в но́сі"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "ngoáy mũi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "insert a finger into one's nostril",
      "word": "cạy rỉ mũi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pick one's nose"
}

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