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loogie

loogie

7 9.9
A thick piece of spit that you cough up and spit out
  • noun
  • /ˈluːɡi/
  • Vulgar
translation icon : moco
  • I'm the loogie guy, remember?
  • hock a loogie
  • hawk up a loogie
  • spit a loogie

Examples

  • You still have the option to hock a loogie on it if necessary.

    Blog text (4)

  • Here comes the loogie express!

    Office Christmas Party (2016)

  • - Did you see my loogie?

    It (2017)

  • You got a little loogie.

    Sex Drive (2008)

  • That's like a big loogie!

    Evolution (2001)

  • Towering above me, Nick hawked the biggest loogie ever.

    Eight Days a Week (1997)

  • This time the loogie hits Nedry right smack in the face.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Before the race, he cleared his throat and spat out a big loogie onto the ground.

  • She felt relieved after getting rid of the nasty loogie that was bothering her throat.

  • After coughing a few times, he finally expelled a thick loogie that felt satisfying to get out.

Synonyms

spit
vsloogie
57 1.0

A small amount of liquid from the mouth

refers to coughed up phlegm specifically rather than general saliva
glop
vsloogie
  • Informal
5 9.0

A sticky, shapeless lump of wet, unpleasant material

is coughed up respiratory mucus rather than any sticky goo

How Thick

phlegm
16 8.3
loogie
  • Vulgar
7 9.9
spit
57 1.0
saliva
72 1.3

Surface Forms

loogie singular
loogies plural

Morphology

loogie = loog + ie

Slang coinage with a nonstandard root plus diminutive '-ie'; the components do not allow a learner to reliably derive the meaning.

Etymology

Loogie is American slang that probably began as a sound word like loog, imitating the wet noise of spitting and often heard in the phrase 'hock a loogie'. So a loogie is a thick bit of phlegm or spit you cough up and then spit out.