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Definition of shoat in English: shoat(also shote) noun ʃəʊtSHōt North American A young pig, especially one which is newly weaned. Example sentencesExamples - In many areas where there are feral pigs, wild sows and piglets are captured, male shoats castrated, and then the pigs are housed or penned.
- No hogs must be left at large except a few shoats about the lot.
- My uncle would go to the auction over at Logan County Stockyards on the edge of Booneville and get a couple of shoats (young just-weaned hogs).
- He also tells a story about how Uncle John bought a shoat and ate until he vomited and then left the rest.
- The entire group watches the shoat cause its destruction.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with West Flemish schote. Rhymes afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of shoat in US English: shoat(also shote) nounSHōt North American A young pig, especially one which is newly weaned. Example sentencesExamples - The entire group watches the shoat cause its destruction.
- He also tells a story about how Uncle John bought a shoat and ate until he vomited and then left the rest.
- No hogs must be left at large except a few shoats about the lot.
- My uncle would go to the auction over at Logan County Stockyards on the edge of Booneville and get a couple of shoats (young just-weaned hogs).
- In many areas where there are feral pigs, wild sows and piglets are captured, male shoats castrated, and then the pigs are housed or penned.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with West Flemish schote. |