snotball
nounEtymology From snot + ball.
1
Slang A ball of mucus ejected from the mouth.
- Without turning, Mike bent his head down just in time to avoid a huge snotball meant for his skull. Instead, a freshman a few feet away was the recipient of the unwholesome mucous present.2002, Joseph C. Becker III, Eric A. Zilli, Twilight: The Waning Days of Youth, page 6:
- Fischer sees it and gets red in the face, then hawks up a snotball and spits at my cleat. It hits dead on, and I shove him on the bench. He shoves me back, and I stand up.2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, page 69:
2
A term of abuse.
- Don't it bother you that Jason Bent and those other little snotballs treat him like a doormat?2007, Doug Lambeth, Itchy Donner, page 160: