spat
noun /spæt/
  /spæt/
 - (informal) a short argument about something unimportantTopics Opinion and argumentc2
 - [usually plural] a piece of cloth that covers the ankle, worn in the past by men over the shoe and fastened with buttons at the side
 
Word Originsense 2 early 19th cent.: abbreviation of spatterdash.sense 1 early 19th cent. (originally a US colloquial usage): probably imitative.