Definition of "spat"
- verb
Simple past tense and past participle of spit.
To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
To quarrel or argue briefly.
To strike with a spattering sound.
To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- noun
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
(UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
A brief argument, fall out, quarrel.
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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