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shoat

/ʃəʊt/

shoat noun: a weaned piglet; any piglet.

Noun (1)

shoat (plural shoats)

  1. A weaned piglet; any piglet.
    • Near-synonym: more at piglet
    • Why, was not one animal of every kind – a calf, and a lamb, and a filly, and a shote – upon the place marked with little Moses's own brand?1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 68
    Synonyms:
    more at piglet

Noun (2)

shoat (plural shoats)

  1. A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
    Synonyms:
    geep

Synonyms of shoat

  • more at piglet
  • geep

Forms of shoat

pluralshoats
alternative formshote

Origin of shoat

From Middle English schote, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a special use of Middle English schote (“projectile, young shoot”), or perhaps of Middle Low German origin, cognate with West Flemish schote (“young piglet”).

Blend of sheep + goat.

Words that rhyme with shoat

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Questions about shoat

What does shoat mean?
Shoat means a weaned piglet; any piglet.
What part of speech is shoat?
Shoat is a noun.
How do you pronounce shoat?
Shoat is pronounced /ʃəʊt/.
What is the plural of shoat?
The plural of shoat is shoats.

Words near shoat in the dictionary

  1. shoare
  2. shoares
  3. shoarma
  4. shoarmas
  5. shoars
  6. shoat
  7. shoats
  8. Shobdon
  9. shobe
  10. Shober
  11. Shobers

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