eats


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eats

 (ēts)
pl.n. Slang
Food, especially snacks.
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eats

(iːts)
pl n
informal articles of food; provisions
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Noun1.eats - informal terms for a mealeats - informal terms for a meal    
fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
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eats

noun
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Translations

eats

[i>ːts] NPLcomida fsing, comestibles mpl
let's get some eatsvamos a comer algo
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References in classic literature ?
"If you want me to eat them, please peel them for me."
She had picked up enough bugs and insects from the moss as she went along to satisfy her own hunger, but the hen knew Dorothy could not eat bugs; nor could Toto.
You must eat as you kiss, so exacting are the joys of the mouth,--talking, for example.
"May I be hanged," said Danglars, glancing at the bandit's dinner through the crevices of the door, -- "may I be hanged if I can understand how people can eat such filth!" and he withdrew to seat himself upon his goat-skin, which reminded him of the smell of the brandy.
That mortal man should feed upon the creature that feeds his lamp, and, like Stubb, eat him by his own light, as you may say; this seems so outlandish a thing that one must needs go a little into the history and philosophy of it.
It was on this adventure that he found the young weasel whose mother he had helped eat, and he saw to it that the young weasel went the way of its mother.
When he comes from the fire, his body shall be divided into many small pieces so that every man may eat of him and thereby get his portion of strength and courage.
It's on the table, so you can eat it when you get hungry.
My poor, dear mother used to say she liked to see me eat, and it has always been a pleasant reflection to me since that I must have given her much gratification in that direction.
Their way of dressing their meat, an European, till he hath been long accustomed to it, can hardly be persuaded to like; everything they eat smells strong and swims with butter.
Jim pricked up his ears when he heard they were going to the gardens, and wanted to join the party, thinking he might find something proper to eat; so Zeb put down the top of the buggy and invited the Wizard to ride with them.
Leaving his pack to eat their fill upon the flesh of their victims--flesh that he could not touch--Tarzan of the Apes pursued the single survivor of the bloody fray.