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Noun: booger  bû-gur or boo-gur
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Dried nasal mucus
    "The child was embarrassed when caught picking a booger";
    - bogey [Brit, informal], bogy [Brit, informal]
     
  2. An imaginary monster used to frighten children
    "The child refused to sleep, fearing the booger in the closet";
    - bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo [N. Amer], boogeyman [US], bogyman

Derived forms: boogers

Type of: monster, mucous secretion, mucus

Encyclopedia: Booger