Spat

Verb
spat


 * There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.
 * If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.
 * If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.

Noun

 * 1) Spawn of shellfish, especially oysters & similar molluscs.

Verb

 * 1) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.

Noun

 * 1) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
 * 2) (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.

Synonyms

 * (automotive) fender skirt (US)

Noun

 * 1) a brief argument, fall out, quarrel

Verb

 * 1) to quarrel or argue briefly

Verb

 * 1)  To strike with a spattering sound.
 * 2) * 1922, B. M. Bower, The Trail of the White Mule, ch. 3:
 * He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
 * 1) * 2007, Nolan Clay, "Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother," Daily Oklahoman, 13 July, (retrieved 25 Aug. 2009):
 * "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.

Thesaurus
altercate, altercation, argument, beef, bicker, bickering, blood feud, box, brawl, broil, brood, buffet, burst, caterwaul, chop, clutch, contention, controversy, differ, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, fall, falling-out, farrow, feud, fight, flite, fliting, fracas, fry, fuss, get, hassle, hatch, have words, imbroglio, join issue, litter, logomachy, miff, nest, open quarrel, paste, polemic, punch, quarrel, set to, sharp words, slanging match, slap, smack, snarl, spar, spawn, squabble, strife, swack, tiff, tussle, vendetta, words, wrangle, young

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/sp{t/}}

Etymology 1
spittan, spætan

Etymology 3
Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.

Etymology 4
1804. American English, unknown origin.

Etymology 5
Attested from 1823.

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Dutch: gamasch, overschoen,  overschoen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: kamásni
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: スパッツ
 * Macedonian: гамаш
 * Norwegian: gamasje
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: damask


 * Dutch: soort spatbord

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Wortwechsel, Zank
 * Polish: sprzeczka


 * Russian:, размолвка,  ,  перебранка
 * Swedish: gräl

Verb

 * Dutch: ruzien
 * Finnish: ,


 * Polish:
 * Swedish: gräla

Anagrams

 * APTS
 * past
 * pats
 * stap
 * taps

Noun

 * 1) spavin disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones
 * 2) få spat – get annoyed or angry

Etymology
From spat:. Compare Spat: and  spatt:.

Derived terms

 * spattet

Noun
spat


 * 1) spot, speckle, stain

Anagrams

 * past, stap, taps