loogie

English

Alternative forms

loogy

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from Luger, Lou, Lue or Louie; possibly from the name of the baseball player Lou Gehrig (from the habit of baseball players of spitting); possible variant of booger.

Pronunciation

enPR: lōōg'i, IPA^(key): /ˈluːɡi/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -uːɡi

Noun

loogie (plural loogies)

(US, slang) A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.
to hock a loogie
(US, slang) Any thick, disgusting liquid.

Translations

sputum

Chinese:
Mandarin: 痰 (zh) (tán)
Dutch: fluim (nl) m or f
Finnish: räkä (fi)
French: mollard (fr) m, glaviot (fr) m, huitre (fr) f
Navajo: chátłʼish
Russian: плево́к (ru) m (plevók), харчо́к (ru) m (xarčók) (slang)
Swedish: loska (sv) c, snorloska c (with nasal mucus)

thick liquid

Dutch: blubber (nl) m, slijm (nl) n, (Flemish) drets (nl) m
Russian: слизь (ru) f (slizʹ), мокрота́ (ru) f (mokrotá)
Swedish: slem (sv) n

Anagrams

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