noun
- Informal. any person or thing: That shark was a mean-looking booger. Paddle the little booger and send him home.
- Slang. a piece of dried mucus in or from the nose.
- bogeyman.
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. any ghost, hobgoblin, or other frightening apparition.
“nasal mucus,” by 1890s; earlier bugger. Also boogie.