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shoat¹

  • /ʃəʊt/

Rhymes with -əʊt

Where it comes from

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”).

noun shoats · shote

  1. A weaned piglet; any piglet. Near-synonym: more at piglet

    Similar: more at piglet

shoat²

  • /ʃəʊt/

Rhymes with -əʊt

Where it comes from

Blend of sheep + goat.

noun shoats

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

    Similar: geep

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noun A young, newly-weaned pig

Românăpurcel, purceluș
Русскийпоросёнок porosjónok

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"shoat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shoat.

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@misc{shoat_2026,
  title = {shoat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}