Related to spat: splat
spat 1
(spăt)v.
spat 2
(spăt)n.The Spats menu is known for our steaks, Friday fish fry, hamburgers, sandwiches & don't forget the Spats Sauce. Come to Spats located in downtown Appleton. Mcp61pm am drivers xp. Spat2 noun countable 1 informal a short unimportant quarrel a marital spat 2 → spats Examples from the Corpus spat. This is all a spat between Fidel and that one over there. The girls were having a spat in the back of the car over who got to use the armrest.
pl.spat or spats A larva of an oyster or similar bivalve that has settled by attaching to a surface.
spat 3
(spăt)n. A cloth or leather gaiter covering the shoe upper and the ankle and fastening under the shoe with a strap: The waiter wore spats as part of his uniform.
spat 4
(spăt)n.2. Informal A slap or smack.
v.spat·ted, spat·ting, spats
v.intr.2. To strike with a light spattering sound; slap.
v.tr.Informal
[Origin unknown.]
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spat
(spæt) n2. a slight quarrel
vb, spats, spattingorspatted4. (intr) USandCanadianandNZ to have a slight quarrel
[C19: probably imitative of the sound of quarrelling]
spat
(spæt)vb
spat
(spæt)n
[C19: short for spatterdash]
spat
(spæt) n1. (Zoology) a larval oyster or similar bivalve mollusc, esp when it settles to the sea bottom and starts to develop a shell
2. (Zoology) such oysters or other molluscs collectively
[C17: from Anglo-Norman spat; perhaps related to spit1]
Spathiphyllum Plant
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spat1
(spæt)n., v. spat•ted, spat•ting.n.
2. a light blow; slap; smack.
v.i. 4. to splash or spatter.
spat2
(spæt)v.
a pt. and pp. of spit 1.
spat3
(spæt)n.
a short gaiter worn over the instep and usu. fastened under the foot with a strap.
spat4
(spæt)n.
1. the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
3. a young oyster.
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spat
Past participle: spatted
Gerund: spatting
| Imperative |
|---|
| spat |
| spat |
| Present |
|---|
| I spat |
| you spat |
| he/she/it spats |
| we spat |
| you spat |
| they spat |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I spatted |
| you spatted |
| he/she/it spatted |
| we spatted |
| you spatted |
| they spatted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am spatting |
| you are spatting |
| he/she/it is spatting |
| we are spatting |
| you are spatting |
| they are spatting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have spatted |
| you have spatted |
| he/she/it has spatted |
| we have spatted |
| you have spatted |
| they have spatted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was spatting |
| you were spatting |
| he/she/it was spatting |
| we were spatting |
| you were spatting |
| they were spatting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had spatted |
| you had spatted |
| he/she/it had spatted |
| we had spatted |
| you had spatted |
| they had spatted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will spat |
| you will spat |
| he/she/it will spat |
| we will spat |
| you will spat |
| they will spat |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have spatted |
| you will have spatted |
| he/she/it will have spatted |
| we will have spatted |
| you will have spatted |
| they will have spatted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be spatting |
| you will be spatting |
| he/she/it will be spatting |
| we will be spatting |
| you will be spatting |
| they will be spatting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been spatting |
| you have been spatting |
| he/she/it has been spatting |
| we have been spatting |
| you have been spatting |
| they have been spatting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been spatting |
| you will have been spatting |
| he/she/it will have been spatting |
| we will have been spatting |
| you will have been spatting |
| they will have been spatting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been spatting |
| you had been spatting |
| he/she/it had been spatting |
| we had been spatting |
| you had been spatting |
| they had been spatting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would spat |
| you would spat |
| he/she/it would spat |
| we would spat |
| you would spat |
| they would spat |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have spatted |
| you would have spatted |
| he/she/it would have spatted |
| we would have spatted |
| you would have spatted |
| they would have spatted |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| Noun | 1. | spat - a quarrel about petty points bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff, fuss dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; 'they had a quarrel'; 'they had words' |
| 2. | spat - a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles leg covering, legging, leging - a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | |
| 3. | spat - a young oyster or other bivalve Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels | |
| Verb | 1. | spat - come down like raindrops; 'Bullets were spatting down on us' come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; 'rain, snow and sleet were falling'; 'Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum' |
| 2. | spat - become permanently attached; 'mollusks or oysters spat' attach - become attached; 'The spider's thread attached to the window sill' | |
| 3. | spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain; 'Bullets were spatting the leaves' collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; 'The car hit a tree'; 'He struck the table with his elbow' | |
| 4. | spat - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval bravo - applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava' gesticulate, gesture, motion - show, express or direct through movement; 'He gestured his desire to leave' | |
| 5. | spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap, dispute - have a disagreement over something; 'We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America'; 'These two fellows are always scrapping over something' | |
| 6. | spat - spawn; 'oysters spat' spawn - lay spawn; 'The salmon swims upstream to spawn' | |
| 7. | spat - clap one's hands together; 'The children were clapping to the music' gesticulate, gesture, motion - show, express or direct through movement; 'He gestured his desire to leave' |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
spat
nounquarrel, dispute, squabble, controversy, contention, bickering, tiff, altercation, turf war(informal)a spat over interest rates and currencies
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
spat
noun1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed:altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle.
2. Informal. A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand:box, buffet, bust, chop, cuff, punch, slap, smack, smacker, spank, swat, whack.
verb1. To engage in a quarrel:argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, squabble, tiff, wrangle.
Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns.
2. Informal. To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand:box, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack, spank, swat, whack.
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spat
2[spæt]N (= overshoe) → polainafspat
3[spæt] (US)B.VI → reñir
spat
4[spæt]N (= oyster) → frezaf; [of oysters] → huevaf de ostrasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
spat
[ˈspæt]ppofspit
nSpatulas For Cooking
(worn over shoe) → guêtref
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spat
1Spathiphyllum
vi (oyster etc) → laichen
spat
2spat
3n (inf: = quarrel) → Knatschm (inf), → Krachm (inf)
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