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oughties

oughties noun: a decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth.

Noun

oughties pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only, rare) A decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth.
    Synonyms:
    2000s (21st century), noughties

Synonyms of oughties

Origin of oughties

Perhaps from nought and eighties.

Questions about oughties

What does oughties mean?
Oughties means a decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth.
What part of speech is oughties?
Oughties is a noun.

Words near oughties in the dictionary

  1. oughter
  2. Oughterard
  3. oughtest
  4. oughteth
  5. Oughtibridge
  6. oughties
  7. oughtism
  8. oughtn't
  9. oughtn't've
  10. oughtness
  11. oughtnesses

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