aughts /ɔːts/adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •From or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s).Dialup internet is so aughts. noun[plural only]1 •The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA [chapter title] — 2010
