Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snotsicle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snot-si-cle
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I gathered the photo of Dan Withey's 40-yard Wasatch contrail, the vintage travel poster of a jaunty Brit taking trains to the Alps, and a 1979 magazine cover of a bearded dude dangling a two-inch frozen snotsicle, and stuffed them in a closet."
"With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition."
""Got it. Here's the deal. Go take a shower. Not a hot one, but not chilly enough to give you a snotsicle. Nobody wants to see that.""

Etymology

Blend of snot + icicle, or snot + -sicle.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: snot

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

snotsicles (plural)

Questions

What does snotsicle mean?: A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.
Where does snotsicle come from?: Blend of snot + icicle, or snot + -sicle.

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