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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spat1 /spæt/USA pronunciation n., v., spat•ted, spat•ting. n. [countable] - a short, meaningless quarrel.
v. [no object] - to have a short, meaningless quarrel or dispute.
spat2 /spæt/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of spit1.
spat3 /spæt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga short piece of cloth or leather worn over the top of the shoe and usually fastened under the foot with a strap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spat1 (spat),USA pronunciation n., v., spat•ted, spat•ting.
n. - a petty quarrel.
- a light blow;
slap;
smack.
v.i. - to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
- to splash or spatter;
rain spatting against the window.
v.t. - to strike lightly;
slap.
- perh. imitative 1795–1805, American.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tiff, scrap, set-to.
spat2 (spat),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of spit 1.
spat3 (spat),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga short gaiter worn over the instep and usually fastened under the foot with a strap, worn esp. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- short for spatterdash 1795–1805
- Invertebratesthe spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
- Invertebratesyoung oysters collectively.
- Invertebratesa young oyster.
- InvertebratesSee seed oyster.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; origin, originally uncertain
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spat /spæt/ n - rare a slap or smack
- a slight quarrel
vb (spats, spatting, spatted)- rare to slap (someone)
- (intransitive) US Canadian NZ to have a slight quarrel
Etymology: 19th Century: probably imitative of the sound of quarrelling spat /spæt/ vb - a past tense and past participle of spit1
spat /spæt/ n - another name for gaiter
Etymology: 19th Century: short for spatterdash spat /spæt/ n - a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell
- such oysters or other molluscs collectively
Etymology: 17th Century: from Anglo-Norman spat; perhaps related to spit1 |