"snotball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-snotball.ogg [Australia] Forms: snotballs [plural]
Etymology: snot + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snot|ball}} snot + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} snotball (plural snotballs)
  1. (slang) A ball of mucus ejected from the mouth. Tags: slang Synonyms: loogie
    Sense id: en-snotball-en-noun-BbotXBwI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. A term of abuse. Synonyms: jerk
    Sense id: en-snotball-en-noun-zchA5M4N

Inflected forms

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