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- [shoht]
- /ʃoʊt/
- /ʃˈəʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoht]
- /ʃoʊt/
Definitions of shoat word
- noun shoat Also, shote. a young, weaned pig. 1
- noun shoat geep. 1
- noun shoat a piglet that has recently been weaned 0
- noun shoat a young, weaned pig 0
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Origin of shoat
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English shote; cognate with dialectal Dutch schote
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Parts of speech for Shoat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shoat popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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shoat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shoat
noun shoat
- boar — A boar or a wild boar is a wild pig.
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- oinker — (slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus.
- warthog — an African wild swine, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, having large tusks and warty protuberances on the face.
Top questions with shoat
- what is a shoat?