Oater

Word OATER
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈoʊ.tɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Oater"

What do we mean by oater?

A movie about frontier or cowboy life; a western. noun

A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie. noun

(entertainment) A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.

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The word "oater" in example sentences

Variously dubbed the "oater," the "shoot-em-up," or a "blood and thunder" novel, the western emerged during Grey's lifetime as a major literary genre and remains one of the singular American contributions to literature and the cinema. ❋ May, Stephen J. (1997)

Now, they're barely a separate category in Netflix and, if you order an old-fashioned "oater" from Netflix, it usually triggers some rueful "sorry, but this will take more time" email as Netflix desperately taps inventories scattered across the country. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can happily watch Grahame in anything, so I decided to sit there and watch this oater while going through my morning routine (in the end, I ended up watching roughly three quarters). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The craggy, mellowing Eastwood directs himself admirably in this scenic, first-class oater, which strikes an ideal balance between character piece and action film as it portrays a rapidly changing way of life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Who'd 'uv thunk it? ... historical semi-accuracy in a Durango Kid oater? ❋ Bill Crider (2008)

Watch the based-on-a-real-memoir “Cowboy” with Jack Lemmon or “3:10 to Yuma”; both show off a quality that he shared with Jimmy Stewart in their oater roles, that of men whose thin veneer of control or conventionality could be stripped away in a moment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Raoul Walsh's Pursued is a lurid, frankly ludicrous Western that infuses a noir sensibility into the oater genre. ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

First James Reasoner recommends a Longarm that read like a Three Mesquiteers, an oater series that all small-town kids my age are familiar with. ❋ Ed Gorman (2007)

Paramount pretended to be annoyed by Brando's excesses, and cut his super-oater down to size, but in reality the studio was pleased. ❋ Ed Gorman (2007)

This deconstruction of the Western is unexpected in a low-budget oater like this, but Boetticher manages to sneak in a great deal of subtext of this sort within the film's fast-moving framework. ❋ Ed Howard (2007)

You know, if not for the caption I might have thought this was a Seminal Image from a long-forgotten oater. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Magnificent Seven is one that I saw approximately eight million times on TV as a kid and enjoyed every time, but after seeing it twice on the big screen I upgraded it from "good oater" to "minor classic" as I was finally able to watch the direction. ❋ Princeofcairo (2005)

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