US /its/ UK /iːts/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    food, especially informal or casual fare

    There were plenty of good eats laid out at the tailgate.

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Synonyms
1 noun · food, especially informal... foodfaregrubchowvictualsprovisionsnosh
Word family
Related forms eateateryeatable

Etymology

A colloquial plural use of the noun eat, from the verb eat (Old English etan); the slang noun sense 'food' dates to the 19th century.

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