nose-picking

English

Noun

nose-picking (countable and uncountable, plural nose-pickings)

1. (chiefly uncountable) Insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
2. (countable) A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger.

Related terms

• nose-pick
• nose-picker
• pick one's nose

Translations

insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挖鼻子 (zh) (wā bízi), 摳鼻子／抠鼻子 (zh) (kōu bízi)

• Dutch: neuspeuteren (nl)
• Finnish: nenän kaivaminen
• German: nasenbohren
• Hebrew: חיטוט באף (khitút ba'áf)
• Hungarian: orrtúrás
• Japanese: 鼻ほじり (はなほじり, hana-hojiri)
• Latvian: deguna urbināšana
• Macedonian: чепкање нос (čepkanje nos)
• Persian: انگشت‌کردن در بینی
• Polish: dłubanie w nosie n
• Portuguese: cutucada no nariz f
• Russian: ковыря́ние в носу́ n (kovyrjánije v nosú)
• Spanish: hurgarse la nariz m
• Swedish: näspetning
• Tagalog: pangungulangot

See also

• rhinotillexomania

Anagrams

• kinescoping