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Definition 2025

(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.
You can pick your friends; you can pick your nose; but you can't pick your friends' noses.

insert a finger into one's nostril

Arabic: دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ ‎(daḵḵala ʾiṣbaʿahu fī ʾanfihi)
Egyptian Arabic: لعب في مناخيره ‎(lé3eb fi manakhiiroh)
Armenian: քիթը քչփորել ‎(kʿitʿə kʿčʿpʿorel)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 撩鼻屎 ‎(liu¹⁻² bei⁶ si²)

Mandarin: 挖鼻子 (zh) ‎(wābízi), 摳鼻子, 抠鼻子 ‎(kōubízi)
Czech: dloubat se v nose
Danish: pille næse
Dutch: pulken
Finnish: kaivaa nenäänsä
French: se curer le nez, se mettre le doigt dans le nez, fourrer son doigt dans son nez
German: in der Nase bohren, popeln (de)
Greek: σκαλίζω τη μύτη μου ‎(skalízo ti mýti mou)
Hindi:
Icelandic: bora í nefið
Indonesian: mengupil (id), ngupil (colloquial)

Italian: mettersi le dita nel naso, scaccolare, scaccolarsi
Japanese: 鼻を穿る ‎(はなをほじる, hana-o hojiru), 鼻をほじくる ‎(はなをほじくる, hana-o hojikuru)
Korean: 코를 파다 ‎(koreul pada)
Latin:
Macedonian: чепка нос ‎(čépka nos)
Norwegian: plukke nesen
Polish: dłubać w nosie
Portuguese: cutucar o nariz, limpar o salão
Russian: ковыря́ть в носу́ ‎(kovyrjátʹ v nosú), ковыря́ться в носу́ ‎(kovyrjátʹsja v nosú), колупа́ться в носу́ ‎(kolupátʹsja v nosú)
Spanish: hurgarse la nariz
Swedish: peta näsan, peta i näsan
Ukrainian: колупати в носі ‎(kolupáty v nósi), довбати в носі ‎(dóvbaty v nósi)
Vietnamese: ngoáy mũi, cạy rỉ mũi