Meanings
- pluralplural of oat
- pluralsingularA mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
Oats are in the north corner of the farm.
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Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.
- pluralsingularSeeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
Oats are good for you.
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Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.
- pluralsingularslangSexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction; semen.First known use 18th century
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.”
1975, Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: Narrative Poetry from Black Oral Tradition, page 1352 more examples
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.
a. 1707, George Farquhar, The Works of George Farquhar, published 1988, page 55“[…]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!”
1945, Robert Close, Love me Sailor, published 1972, page 62Synonyms: wild oats, seed, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction; semen.
Translations
Afrikaans hawer
- hawerseeds of an oat plant
Ancient Greek βρόμος
- βρόμος (brómos)seeds of an oat plant
Arabic شُوفَان
- شُوفَان (šūfān)seeds of an oat plant
Catalan civada
- civadaseeds of an oat plant
Chinese Cantonese 燕麥 /燕麦
- 燕麥 /燕麦 (jin³ mak⁶)seeds of an oat plant
Chinese Mandarin 燕麥 /燕麦
- 燕麥 /燕麦 (yànmài)seeds of an oat plant
Czech oves
- ovesseeds of an oat plant
Danish havregryn
- havregrynseeds of an oat plant
Dutch haver
- haverseeds of an oat plant
Esperanto aveno
- avenoseeds of an oat plant
Finnish kaura, kauransiemen
- kauraseeds of an oat plant
- kauransiemenseeds of an oat plant
French avoine, flocon d'avoine
- avoineseeds of an oat plant
- flocon d'avoineseeds of an oat plant
German Hafer
- Haferseeds of an oat plant
Greek βρώμη
- βρώμη (vrómi)seeds of an oat plant
Hungarian zab
- zabseeds of an oat plant
Icelandic hafrar
- hafrarseeds of an oat plant
Irish coirce
- coirceseeds of an oat plant
Italian avena
- avenaseeds of an oat plant
Latin avēna
- avēnaseeds of an oat plant
Norwegian Bokmål havre
- havreseeds of an oat plant
Polish owies
- owiesseeds of an oat plant
Portuguese aveia
- aveiaseeds of an oat plant
Romanian ovăz
- ovăzseeds of an oat plant
Russian овёс
- овёс (ovjós)seeds of an oat plant
Scottish Gaelic coirce
- coirceseeds of an oat plant
Spanish avena
- avenaseeds of an oat plant
Swedish havre
- havreseeds of an oat plant
Tamil காடைக்கண்ணி
- காடைக்கண்ணி (kāṭaikkaṇṇi)seeds of an oat plant
Turkish yulaf
- yulafseeds of an oat plant
Vietnamese yến mạch
- yến mạchseeds of an oat plant
Welsh ceirch
- ceirchseeds of an oat plant
Yiddish האָבער
- האָבער (hober)seeds of an oat plant
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
oats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oats
“oats.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oats. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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