Definitions | shoat |
| noun
- A young, newly-weaned pig.
- 1955: There would have been nature studies " a tiger pursuing a bird of paradise, a choking snake sheathing whole the flayed trunk of a . " Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Etymology: Unknown origin. Perhaps cognate with West Flemish schote "young piglet"; perhaps partly from Old English sceota "to dart".
Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for shoat for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.
| |
|