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snot up

C1 slang separable both
In simple words

When your nose is completely blocked with snot, or when you make something messy with mucus.

Literal meaning: To fill up with snot (nasal mucus) — transparent but vulgar.

Meanings

1 C1 slang

(Vulgar, informal) To become or make something completely blocked with nasal mucus.

"I've had this cold for three days and my nose is totally snotted up."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Vulgar and informal. Used to describe a badly blocked nose, typically from a cold. Not appropriate in formal or polite speech. More common in British informal usage.

Commonly used with

nose cold blocked completely

Forms

Base
snot up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
snots up
he/she/it
Past simple
snoted up
yesterday
Past participle
snoted up
have + pp
-ing form
snoting up
continuous

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