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Definition of Aughts
1. Noun. The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero. The oughts, the noughties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aughts
1. aught [n] - See also: aught
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aughts
Literary usage of Aughts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Middle Five: Indian Boys at School by Francis La Flesche (1900)
"After some little prompting, the boy resumed, but his finger kept moving, making
the figure 1 and a string of aughts after it. When Gray-beard and William ..."
2. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient; with Explanatory by John Finlay (1808)
"O still my bairn, kind nourice, O still him wi' the ring." " He will not still,
my lady, Let me do any thing." * aughts, ha». ..."
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