Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booger up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: booger up
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mess up, to foul up.

Colloquial

Etymology

Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

boogers up (present, singular) boogering up (participle, present) boogered up (participle, past) boogered up (past)

Synonyms

bugger up

Questions

What does booger up mean?: To mess up, to foul up.
Where does booger up come from?: Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger.

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