naughties

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noun

Naughty people or things.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

naughties1

nounnaughties pl (plural only)
  1. informalpluralplural onlyNaughty people or things.

naughties2

nounnaughties pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of noughties (“first decade of a century”).

Naughties3

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of naughties (“first decade of a century”).

    The house will be transformed—it will be the Eighties. Not the real Eighties but the Naughties version (Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, Naughties) where pink and black come in organic cotton as opposed to stretch polyester.

    2011, Kathryn White, Emily Green and Me, Penguin, →ISBN

Origin

naughties · noun

From naughty + -s.

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naughties · noun

Homophone, sometimes a deliberate misspelling.

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Cite this entry
APA

naughties. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughties

MLA

“naughties.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughties. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naughties,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughties.

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