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oats

nounnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//əʊts//
  • Canada//oʊts//
  • //oʊts//
  • /[əʊts]/
  • /[ɛʊts]/

A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of oatplural of oat

noun

  1. 1

    A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

    Oats are in the north corner of the farm.

    Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.

  2. 2

    Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

    Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.

    Oats are good for you.

  3. 3

    slangSexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction; semen.

    Must I beat the Bush while you catch the Game ; Sow your wild oates, And mind not her wild notes, Of Alack &c. […] [She] bid me fill, fill, fill Her Sack &c. But twas all in Vaine For I had spilt my graine With a Thwack, &c.

    “[…]he’s young,” he added excusingly. “And I suppose he’s just feeling his oats a bit.” “Well he can save his damned oats up until we get into port—like any other sailor. If I catch him making those sort of passes at any woman who happens to be making a passage with us, Mister Samuals, I’ll disrate him and send him to the fo’c’sle!”

    Now you been foolin’ with your oats, you been messin’ with your hay, you say, “If you take me back, baby, I’ll do it the other way.”

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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