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单词 loogie
释义

loogie

noun

loo·​gie ˈlü-gē How to pronounce loogie (audio)
plural loogies
US, informal
: a mass of saliva and phlegm hawked up from the throat
hawk/hock a loogie
There was a time not so long ago, about 22 months ago in fact, when in the fraction of a second it takes to send a loogie hurtling toward a home plate umpire, he became the most hated man in baseball. Tony Jackson

Word History

Etymology

phonesthemic coinage, with -oog- perhaps after bogey "piece of nasal mucus" or booger, with the suffix -ie

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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